POLARIZATION CHANGES OF RADIATION THROUGH STIMULATED RAMAN-SCATTERING

Authors
GANGADHARA RT KRISHAN V
Citation
Rt. Gangadhara et V. Krishan, POLARIZATION CHANGES OF RADIATION THROUGH STIMULATED RAMAN-SCATTERING, The Astrophysical journal, 415(2), 1993, pp. 505-516
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
415
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Part
1
Pages
505 - 516
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1993)415:2<505:PCORTS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We study change in the polarization of electromagnetic waves due to th e stimulated Raman scattering in a plasma. In this process an electrom agnetic wave undergoes coherent scattering off an electron plasma wave . It is found that some of the observed polarization properties such a s the rapid temporal variations, sense reversal, rotation of the plane of polarization, and change of nature of polarization in the case of pulsars and quasars could be accounted for through stimulated Raman sc attering.