Parametric instabilities of electromagnetic waves in plasmas

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Authors

J. F. Drake · University of California, Los Angeles

P. K. Kaw · University of California, Los Angeles

Y. C. Lee · University of California, Los Angeles

G. J. Schmid · University of California, Los Angeles

C. S. Liu · Institute for Advanced Study

M. N. Rosenbluth · Institute for Advanced Study

Abstract

A simple formalism for the parametric decay of an intense, coherent electromagnetic wave into an electrostatic wave and scattered electromagnetic waves in a homogeneous plasma is developed. Various instabilities including Brillouin and Raman scattering, Compton scattering, filamentational and modulational instabilities are derived and discussed in a systematic manner. Growth rates as a function of the incident pump power are shown.

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Publication Details

Published in: The Physics of Fluids

Volume 17, Issue 4, pp. 778-785

DOI: 10.1063/1.1694789

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