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diff --git a/Source/Laser/LaserParticleContainer.H b/Source/Laser/LaserParticleContainer.H index 63ace31fb..1e83ca02f 100644 --- a/Source/Laser/LaserParticleContainer.H +++ b/Source/Laser/LaserParticleContainer.H @@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ #include <memory> #include <limits> +/** + * The main method to inject a laser pulse in WarpX is to use an artificial + * antenna: particles evenly distributed in a given plane (one particle per + * cell) move at each iteration and deposit a current J onto the grid, which + * in turns creates an electromagnetic field on the grid. The particles' + * displacements are prescribed to create the field requested by the user. + * + * These artificial particles are contained in the LaserParticleContainer. + * LaserParticleContainer derives directly from WarpXParticleContainer. It + * requires a DepositCurrent function, but no FieldGather function. + */ class LaserParticleContainer : public WarpXParticleContainer { |