THOMSON SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS OF THE LANGMUIR WAVE SPECTRA RESULTING FROM STIMULATED RAMAN-SCATTERING

Authors
BAKER KL DRAKE RP BAUER BS ESTABROOK KG RUBENCHIK AM LABAUNE C BALDIS HA RENARD N BATON SD SCHIFANO E MICHARD A SEKA W BAHR RE
Citation
Kl. Baker et al., THOMSON SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS OF THE LANGMUIR WAVE SPECTRA RESULTING FROM STIMULATED RAMAN-SCATTERING, Physical review letters, 77(1), 1996, pp. 67-70
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
77
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
67 - 70
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)77:1<67:TSMOTL>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Thomson scattering was used to measure the Langmuir wave spectrum gene rated by stimulated Raman scattering. This experiment detected Langmui r waves with components both parallel and antiparallel to the incident laser's wave vector <(k)over right arrow (0)>. The parallel component was attributed to stimulated Raman scattering. However, the Langmuir waves moving antiparallel to <(k)over right arrow (0)>, which cannot b e explained by stimulated Raman scattering, were attributed to the Lan gmuir decay instability.