RAMAN FORWARD SCATTERING OF SHORT-PULSE HIGH-INTENSITY LASERS

Authors
MORI WB DECKER CD HINKEL DE KATSOULEAS T
Citation
Wb. Mori et al., RAMAN FORWARD SCATTERING OF SHORT-PULSE HIGH-INTENSITY LASERS, Physical review letters, 72(10), 1994, pp. 1482-1485
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
72
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1482 - 1485
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)72:10<1482:RFSOSH>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Raman forward scattering of short-pulse relativistic-intensity laser p ulses is investigated. Differential equations which model the instabil ity for arbitrarily large pump strengths are derived. Exact solutions are obtained for a set of physically relevant initial conditions. The growth rate is found to asymptotically approach zero for ultrarelativi stic laser intensities. The relevance of the results to present experi ments and the limitations of the quasistatic equations are discussed.