• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 7, Issue 1, 01000e20 (2019)
Yao Zhao1, Zhengming Sheng2、3、4、5, Suming Weng2、3, Shengzhe Ji1、6, and Jianqiang Zhu1、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of High Power Laser and Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MoE), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 3Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 4SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK
  • 5Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 6University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2019.5 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yao Zhao, Zhengming Sheng, Suming Weng, Shengzhe Ji, Jianqiang Zhu. Absolute instability modes due to rescattering of stimulated Raman scattering in a large nonuniform plasma[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2019, 7(1): 01000e20 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Absolute instability modes due to secondary scattering of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in a large nonuniform plasma are studied theoretically and numerically. The backscattered light of convective SRS can be considered as a pump light with a finite bandwidth. The different frequency components of the backscattered light can be coupled to develop absolute SRS instability near their quarter-critical densities via rescattering process. The absolute SRS mode develops a Langmuir wave with a high phase velocity of about $c/\sqrt{3}$ with $c$ the light speed in vacuum. Given that most electrons are at low velocities in the linear stage, the absolute SRS mode grows with very weak Landau damping. When the interaction evolves into the nonlinear regime, the Langmuir wave can heat abundant electrons up to a few hundred keV via the SRS rescattering. Our theoretical model is validated by particle-in-cell simulations. The absolute instabilities may play a considerable role in the experiments of inertial confinement fusion.
    Yao Zhao, Zhengming Sheng, Suming Weng, Shengzhe Ji, Jianqiang Zhu. Absolute instability modes due to rescattering of stimulated Raman scattering in a large nonuniform plasma[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2019, 7(1): 01000e20
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