Accession Number:

AD0777677

Title:

The Effect of Trapping on the Saturation of the Raman Backscatter Instability.

Descriptive Note:

Memorandum rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Klein,H. H.
• Ott,Edward
• Manheimer,Wallace

Report Date:

1974-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

The criterion for whether the Raman backscatter instability saturates by electron trapping or by pump depletion is determined and tested by computer simulation. Author

Descriptors:

• *Plasmas(Physics)
• *Laser beams
• *Raman spectra
• Instability
• Light scattering
• Dispersion relations
• Computerized simulation

Subject Categories:

• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE