Demonstrating the saturation of stimulated Brillouin scattering by ion acoustic decay using fully kinetic simulations
Abstract
The saturation of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) by the decay to turbulence of the ion acoustic wave (IAW) that participates in the three-wave SBS interaction is demonstrated using a quasi-noiseless one-dimensional numerical solution to the Vlasov-Maxwell system of equations. This simulation technique permits careful examination of the decay process and its role in the complex evolution of SBS. Here, the IAW decay process is shown to be an effective SBS saturation mechanism. In our example, the instantaneous plasma reflectivity saturates at ~30% and drops to ~0% as a direct consequence of IAW decay. A contrasting example where the reflectivity is controlled by dephasing due to the nonlinear frequency of the IAW is also discussed.
- Authors:
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[2];
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (Switzlerland). Centre de Recherche en Physique des Plasma (CRPP)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States). Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1234579
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1229670
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-667961
Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344; NA0001833; FC02-04ER54789
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION; Electrostatic waves; Stimulated Brillouin scattering; Reflectivity; Maxwell equations; Light scattering
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Chapman, T., Winjum, B. J., Brunner, S., Berger, R. L., and Banks, J. W. Demonstrating the saturation of stimulated Brillouin scattering by ion acoustic decay using fully kinetic simulations. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4930131.
Chapman, T., Winjum, B. J., Brunner, S., Berger, R. L., & Banks, J. W. Demonstrating the saturation of stimulated Brillouin scattering by ion acoustic decay using fully kinetic simulations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4930131
Chapman, T., Winjum, B. J., Brunner, S., Berger, R. L., and Banks, J. W. Tue .
"Demonstrating the saturation of stimulated Brillouin scattering by ion acoustic decay using fully kinetic simulations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4930131. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1234579.
@article{osti_1234579,
title = {Demonstrating the saturation of stimulated Brillouin scattering by ion acoustic decay using fully kinetic simulations},
author = {Chapman, T. and Winjum, B. J. and Brunner, S. and Berger, R. L. and Banks, J. W.},
abstractNote = {The saturation of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) by the decay to turbulence of the ion acoustic wave (IAW) that participates in the three-wave SBS interaction is demonstrated using a quasi-noiseless one-dimensional numerical solution to the Vlasov-Maxwell system of equations. This simulation technique permits careful examination of the decay process and its role in the complex evolution of SBS. Here, the IAW decay process is shown to be an effective SBS saturation mechanism. In our example, the instantaneous plasma reflectivity saturates at ~30% and drops to ~0% as a direct consequence of IAW decay. A contrasting example where the reflectivity is controlled by dephasing due to the nonlinear frequency of the IAW is also discussed.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4930131},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 9,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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