• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 11, Issue 6, 06000e76 (2023)
K. Q. Pan1, Z. C. Li1、*, L. Guo1, T. Gong1, S. W. Li1, D. Yang1, C. Y. Zheng2、3, B. H. Zhang1, and X. T. He2、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Laser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, China
  • 2Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
  • 3Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2023.65 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    K. Q. Pan, Z. C. Li, L. Guo, T. Gong, S. W. Li, D. Yang, C. Y. Zheng, B. H. Zhang, X. T. He. Competition among the two-plasmon decay of backscattered light, filamentation of the electron-plasma wave and side stimulated Raman scattering[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2023, 11(6): 06000e76 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Competition among the two-plasmon decay (TPD) of backscattered light of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS), filamentation of the electron-plasma wave (EPW) and forward side SRS is investigated by two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. Our previous work [K. Q. Pan et al., Nucl. Fusion 58, 096035 (2018)] showed that in a plasma with the density near 1/10 of the critical density, the backscattered light would excite the TPD, which results in suppression of the backward SRS. However, this work further shows that when the laser intensity is so high ( $>{10}^{16}$ W/cm2) that the backward SRS cannot be totally suppressed, filamentation of the EPW and forward side SRS will be excited. Then the TPD of the backscattered light only occurs in the early stage and is suppressed in the latter stage. Electron distribution functions further show that trapped-particle-modulation instability should be responsible for filamentation of the EPW. This research can promote the understanding of hot-electron generation and SRS saturation in inertial confinement fusion experiments.
    $$\begin{align}{\omega}_0^2={\omega}_{\mathrm{pe}}^2+{c}^2{k}_{\mathrm{L}}^2,\end{align}$$ ((1))

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    $$\begin{align}{\omega}_{\mathrm{s}}^2={\omega}_{\mathrm{pe}}^2+{c}^2{k}_{\mathrm{s}}^2,\end{align}$$ ((2))

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    $$\begin{align}{\omega}_{\mathrm{epw}}^2={\omega}_{\mathrm{pe}}^2+3{v}_{\mathrm{te}}^2{k}_{\mathrm{epw}}^2,\end{align}$$ ((3))

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    $$\begin{align}{\mathbf{k}}_{\mathrm{L}}={\mathbf{k}}_{\mathrm{epw}}+{\mathbf{k}}_{\mathrm{s}},\end{align}$$ ((4))

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    $$\begin{align}{\omega}_0={\omega}_{\mathrm{epw}}+{\omega}_{\mathrm{s}},\end{align}$$ ((5))

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    K. Q. Pan, Z. C. Li, L. Guo, T. Gong, S. W. Li, D. Yang, C. Y. Zheng, B. H. Zhang, X. T. He. Competition among the two-plasmon decay of backscattered light, filamentation of the electron-plasma wave and side stimulated Raman scattering[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2023, 11(6): 06000e76
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