Title :
Stimulated Brillouin scattering of a laser beam in a plasma channel
Author :
Agarwal, R.N. ; Tripathi, V.K. ; Agarwal, P.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Indian Inst. of Technol., New Delhi, India
fDate :
2/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A high-power laser propagating through a plasma creates a low density channel through which it propagates self guided. This equilibrium, however, is unstable to Brillouin backscattering above a threshold power. A nonlocal theory of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) reveals that the growth rate is significantly reduced due to a geometrical factor; nonetheless, it remains an important process in laser-produced plasmas. It is also a limiting process in a plasma loaded free electron laser (FEL)
Keywords :
free electron lasers; plasma light propagation; plasma production by laser; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin backscattering; geometrical factor; high-power laser beam; laser-produced plasmas; low density channel; nonlocal theory; plasma channel; plasma loaded free electron laser; self guided propagation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin scattering; Free electron lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser theory; Maxwell equations; Nonlinear equations; Particle beams; Plasma density; Plasma waves;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
