STIMULATED BACKSCATTERING FROM RELATIVISTIC UNMAGNETIZED ELECTRON-BEAMS

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SPRANGLE, P [1 ]
DROBOT, AT [1 ]
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[1] SCI APPLICAT INC,MCLEAN,VA 22101
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10.1063/1.326222
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Analysis of stimulated scattering of a high-frequency incident pump wave from an unmagnetized relativistic electron beam is presented. The backscattered radiation frequency can be enhanced by the factor 4γ2 0 over the incident pump frequency, where γ0 is the relativistic factor of the electron beam. The linear growth rates associated with the wave-wave and wave-particle modes of scattering, in the high gain limit, are examined for a number of different pump amplitude regimes. Estimates for the scattering efficiency are presented for the wave-wave scattering process.
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页码:2652 / 2661
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