EVOLUTION OF STIMULATED RAMAN INTO STIMULATED COMPTON-SCATTERING OF LASER-LIGHT VIA WAVE BREAKING OF PLASMA-WAVES

被引：38

作者：

EVERETT, MJ

LAL, A

GORDON, D

WHARTON, K

CLAYTON, CE

MORI, WB

JOSHI, C

机构：

[1] Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1995年 / 74卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.1355

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Experimental evidence for the evolution of stimulated Raman backscatter instability of laser light into stimulated Compton scattering in an initially cold plasma is presented using time and wave number resolved spectra, w(t) and w(k), of Thomson scattered light from plasma fluctuations. Supporting particle simulations show that the key to the spectral evolution is wave breaking of Raman plasmons, which accelerates some electrons up to 4 times the phase velocity, and the consequent return current of the bulk plasma electrons in the opposite direction. © 1995 The American Physical Society.

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页码：1355 / 1358

页数：4

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