Enhancement of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering due to Reflection of Light from Plasma Critical Surface
- 24 September 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 43 (13), 924-927
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.43.924
Abstract
We consider the effect of light reflected from the plasma critical surface on stimulated Brillouin scattering. For an expanding plasma, there will be a certain Mach number where the reflected light acts as a noise source for stimulated—Brillouin-scattering exponentiation. We show calculations and plasma simulations that exhibit significantly enhanced levels of scattering.Keywords
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