Published March 7, 1994 | Version v1
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Raman forward scattering of short-pulse high-intensity lasers

Creators

  • 1. Departments of Physics and Electrical Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024-1547 (United States)
  • 2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089 (United States)

Description

Raman forward scattering of short-pulse relativistic-intensity laser pulses is investigated. Differential equations which model the instability 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 ultrarelativistic laser intensities. The relevance of the results to present experiments and the limitations of the quasistatic equations are discussed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
72
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 1482-1485.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
25054052
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
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Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
AMPLITUDES; ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INSTABILITY GROWTH RATES; LASER RADIATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; PLASMA; PULSES; RAMAN EFFECT; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL DATA; TIME DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
DATA; DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY RANGE; EQUATIONS; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; RADIATIONS