Observations of Brillouin Sidescatter in Laser-Produced Plasmas
Abstract
This experiment shows that scattering of light in laser-illuminated spherical targets at up to 56° was dominated by the stimulated Brillouin process. The energy and spectrum of both sidescattered and backscattered light were measured. When a target was irradiated by a one-beam Nd: glass laser (λL=1.054 μm) with a shaped pulse at an intensity of 7×1015 W/cm2, the stimulated Brillouin sidescatter contained up to 55% of the incident energy.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- November 1980
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.1558
- Bibcode:
- 1980PhRvL..45.1558T
- Keywords:
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- Brillouin Effect;
- Laser Plasmas;
- Light Scattering;
- Plasma Physics;
- Laser Fusion;
- Laser Targets;
- Stimulated Emission;
- Plasma Physics;
- 52.25.Ps;
- 52.50.Jm;
- 52.70.Kz;
- Plasma production and heating by laser beams;
- Optical measurements