Saturation process induced by vortex-merging in numerical Vlasov-Maxwell experiments of stimulated Raman backscattering
- L.P.M.I.A. UMR 7040, Universite Henri Poincare, BP 239 54506 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, Cedex France (France)
The influence of low-frequency nonlinear Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal (BGK)-type waves induced by trapped electrons in backward stimulated Raman scattering is investigated in optical mixing. Semi-Lagrangian Vlasov-Maxwell simulations show two nonlinear behaviors. First, there is a Morales-O'Neil plasma wave frequency downshift retuned by a small wavenumber shift which maintains the Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) resonance. The saturation of Raman backscattering begins with phase space vortex merging followed by a transition to lower wavenumbers following the (nonlinear) dispersion relation, resembling weak turbulence.
- OSTI ID:
- 20975170
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 14, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2749715; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
BACKSCATTERING
BERNSTEIN MODE
BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION
DISPERSION RELATIONS
LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION
MAXWELL EQUATIONS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
PHASE SPACE
PLASMA
PLASMA SIMULATION
PLASMA WAVES
RAMAN EFFECT
RESONANCE
STRONTIUM SULFIDES
TRAPPED ELECTRONS
TURBULENCE
VORTICES
BACKSCATTERING
BERNSTEIN MODE
BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION
DISPERSION RELATIONS
LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION
MAXWELL EQUATIONS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
PHASE SPACE
PLASMA
PLASMA SIMULATION
PLASMA WAVES
RAMAN EFFECT
RESONANCE
STRONTIUM SULFIDES
TRAPPED ELECTRONS
TURBULENCE
VORTICES