STIMULATED BRILLOUIN-SCATTERING OF A LASER-BEAM IN A PLASMA CHANNEL

Authors
AGARWAL RN TRIPATHI VK AGARWAL PC
Citation
Rn. Agarwal et al., STIMULATED BRILLOUIN-SCATTERING OF A LASER-BEAM IN A PLASMA CHANNEL, IEEE transactions on plasma science, 24(1), 1996, pp. 143-146
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
IEEE transactions on plasma science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00933813
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
143 - 146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0093-3813(1996)24:1<143:SBOALI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A high-power laser propagating through a plasma creates a low density channel through which it propagates self guided, This equilibrium, how ever, is unstable to Brillouin backscattering above a threshold power, A nonlocal theory of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) reveals th at the growth rate is significantly reduced due to a geometrical facto r; nonetheless, it remains an important process in laser-produced plas mas, It is also a limiting process in a plasma loaded free electron la ser (FEL).