Abstract
We report on the autoresonant (nonlinear phase locking) manipulation of the diocotron mode in a non-neutral plasma. Autoresonance is a very general phenomena in driven nonlinear oscillator and wave systems, and allows us to control the amplitude of a nonlinear wave without the use of feedback. These are the first controlled laboratory studies of autoresonance in a collective plasma system.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4444-4447 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 82 |
Issue number | 22 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1999 |