OBSERVATION OF PLASMA-WAVES BY THOMSON SCATTERING - SATURATION OF STIMULATED RAMAN-SCATTERING

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作者
VILLENEUVE, DM
BAKER, KL
DRAKE, RP
SLEAFORD, B
LAFONTAINE, B
ESTABROOK, K
PRASAD, MK
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF DAVIS,PLASMA PHYS RES INST,DAVIS,CA 95616
[2] LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB,LIVERMORE,CA 94550
[3] INST NATL RECH SCI ENERGIE VARENNES,VARENNES J3X 1S2,PQ,CANADA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.368
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Thomson scattering was used to probe the frequency and wave-number spectra of plasma waves driven in a plasma by stimulated Raman scattering (SRS). SRS was excited in exploding foil targets with a 1.06 mum wavelength laser with average intensities up to 10(15) W/cm2. The spectra show that the plasma waves are consistent with the linear SRS dispersion relation. Observed broadening of the spectrum towards smaller wave number is consistent with saturation of SRS by Langmuir decay for these conditions.
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