OBSERVED DEPENDENCE OF STIMULATED RAMAN-SCATTERING ON ION-ACOUSTIC DAMPING IN HOHLRAUM PLASMAS

Authors
FERNANDEZ JC COBBLE JA FAILOR BH DUBOIS DF MONTGOMERY DS ROSE HA VU HX WILDE BH WILKE MD CHRIEN RE
Citation
Jc. Fernandez et al., OBSERVED DEPENDENCE OF STIMULATED RAMAN-SCATTERING ON ION-ACOUSTIC DAMPING IN HOHLRAUM PLASMAS, Physical review letters, 77(13), 1996, pp. 2702-2705
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
77
Issue
13
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2702 - 2705
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)77:13<2702:ODOSRO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The reflectivity of a laser due to stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) f rom long scale-length hohlraum plasmas is shown to depend on the dampi ng of ion-acoustic waves. This dependence is observed in plasmas with either low or high ionization states. Since the SRS process itself is unrelated to acoustic waves, these data are evidence of a nonlinear co upling of SRS to other parametric processes involving daughter acousti c waves.