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Stimulated Raman forward scattering of laser in a pre-formed plasma channel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2012

Anuraj Panwar ,
Ashok Kumar  and
C.M. Ryu
Anuraj Panwar*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, POSTECH, KyungBuk, Pohang, South Korea
Ashok Kumar
Affiliation:
Physics Department, AIAS, ASET, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
C.M. Ryu
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, POSTECH, KyungBuk, Pohang, South Korea
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Anuraj Panwar, Department of Physics, POSTECH, Hyoja-Dong San 31, KyungBuk, Pohang 790-784, South Korea. E-mail: apanwar@postech.ac.kr or ryu201@postech.ac.kr
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Abstract

Stimulated Raman forward scattering (SRFS) of an intense short pulse laser in a plasma channel formed by two pre-laser pulses is investigated. The density nonuniformity of a plasma channel increases the focusing of main laser pulse. Main laser pulse excites a plasma wave and two electromagnetic sideband waves. Laser and the sidebands exert an axial ponderomotive force on electrons driving the plasma wave. The nonlinear currents arise at sideband frequencies. The density perturbation due to plasma wave beats with the oscillatory velocity due to pump to drive the sidebands. The normalized growth rate of SRFS increases with the density nonuniformity of a plasma channel. However, in the presence of a deep plasma channel the focusing is ineffective to laser intensity, but the growth rate increases with the intensity of main laser pulse.

Keywords

Electromagnetic sideband wavesPre-laser pulsesStimulated Raman forward scattering
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , December 2012 , pp. 605 - 611
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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