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View SchemaHarmonic decomposition to describe the nonlinear evolution of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
| Authors | Stefan Huller, Andrei Maximov, Denis Pesme |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0307096 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0307096 |
Abstract
An efficient method to describe the nonlinear evolution of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in long scale-length plasmas is presented. The method is based on a decomposition of the hydrodynamics variables in long- and short-wavelength components. It makes it possible to describe the self-consistent coupling between the plasma hydrodynamics, Stimulated Brillouin Scattering, and the generation of harmonics of the excited ion acoustic wave (IAW). This description is benchmarked numerically and proves to be reliable even in the case of an undamped ion acoustic wave. The momentum transferred from the electromagnetic waves to the plasma ions is found to induce a plasma flow which modifies the resonant three wave coupling between the IAW and the light waves. A novel picture of SBS arises, in which both IAW harmonics and flow modification reduce the coherence of SBS by inducing local defects in the density and velocity profiles. The spatial domains of Stimulated Brillouin activity are separated by these defects and are consequently uncorrelated, resulting in a broad and structured spectrum of the scattered light and in a temporally chaotic reflectivity.
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"title": "Harmonic decomposition to describe the nonlinear evolution of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering",
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