Effects of large laser bandwidth on stimulated Raman scattering instability in underdense plasma

Zhao, Yao; Yu, Lu-Le; Zheng, Jun; Weng, Su-Ming; Ren, Chuang; Liu, Chuan-Sheng; Sheng, Zheng-Ming

doi:10.1063/1.4921659

Title: Effects of large laser bandwidth on stimulated Raman scattering instability in underdense plasma

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The effects of laser bandwidth on stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) instability in underdense plasma are studied by particle-in-cell simulations. In the simulations, sinusoidal frequency modulation of the incident laser pulse is used. By changing the size of bandwidth, it is shown that the linear growth of SRS can be suppressed considerably, provided the laser bandwidth is much larger than the SRS linear growth rate. Simulations also show that by choosing the proper frequency modulation parameters or decreasing the linear growth rate of SRS, the inhibitory effects become more obvious. The plasma electron temperature tends to weaken the bandwidth effects especially when it is over a keV level. The laser bandwidth can only increase the time duration for linear growth but cannot diminish the instability completely.

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Zhao, Yao; Yu, Lu-Le; Zheng, Jun; Weng, Su-Ming ^[1]; Ren, Chuang ^[2]; Liu, Chuan-Sheng ^[3]; Sheng, Zheng-Ming ^[1]

Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MoE) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240 (China)
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 (United States)
East-West Space Science Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA and Chao Kuang Piu College, University of Macau, Macau 999078 (China)

Publication Date:: Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI Identifier:: 22410299

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Physics of Plasmas

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 5; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; KEV RANGE; LASER RADIATION; PLASMA SIMULATION; PULSES; RAMAN EFFECT

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                    Zhao, Yao, Yu, Lu-Le, Zheng, Jun, Weng, Su-Ming, Ren, Chuang, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, Liu, Chuan-Sheng, Sheng, Zheng-Ming, and SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG. Effects of large laser bandwidth on stimulated Raman scattering instability in underdense plasma.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Zhao, Yao, Yu, Lu-Le, Zheng, Jun, Weng, Su-Ming, Ren, Chuang, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, Liu, Chuan-Sheng, Sheng, Zheng-Ming, & SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG. Effects of large laser bandwidth on stimulated Raman scattering instability in underdense plasma.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4921659

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                    Zhao, Yao, Yu, Lu-Le, Zheng, Jun, Weng, Su-Ming, Ren, Chuang, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, Liu, Chuan-Sheng, Sheng, Zheng-Ming, and SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG. 2015.  
        "Effects of large laser bandwidth on stimulated Raman scattering instability in underdense plasma".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4921659.

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@article{osti_22410299,

  title        = {Effects of large laser bandwidth on stimulated Raman scattering instability in underdense plasma},

  author       = {Zhao, Yao and Yu, Lu-Le and Zheng, Jun and Weng, Su-Ming and Ren, Chuang and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 and Liu, Chuan-Sheng and Sheng, Zheng-Ming and SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG},

  abstractNote = {The effects of laser bandwidth on stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) instability in underdense plasma are studied by particle-in-cell simulations. In the simulations, sinusoidal frequency modulation of the incident laser pulse is used. By changing the size of bandwidth, it is shown that the linear growth of SRS can be suppressed considerably, provided the laser bandwidth is much larger than the SRS linear growth rate. Simulations also show that by choosing the proper frequency modulation parameters or decreasing the linear growth rate of SRS, the inhibitory effects become more obvious. The plasma electron temperature tends to weaken the bandwidth effects especially when it is over a keV level. The laser bandwidth can only increase the time duration for linear growth but cannot diminish the instability completely.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4921659},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22410299},
  journal      = {Physics of Plasmas},

  issn         = {1070-664X},

  number       = 5,

  volume       = 22,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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