Multiphoton stimulated compton scattering

The processes of multiphoton Compton scattering of relativistic electrons are considered in a special one-dimensional geometry. The multiphoton parameter and the energy distribution of scattered electrons are found. The nonlinear behaviour of the gains of the two external electromagnetic waves is investigated in the saturation region. The multiphoton parameter is shown to be of order of one and the perturbation theory is shown to be inapplicable at very weak fields. For saturation of the gains much stronger fields are required which however are much weaker than those which are necessary for appearance of multiphoton processes in the spontaneous Compton scattering.     

Collisionless Landau damping and stimulated compton scattering

Stimulated scattering by free electrons is first studied within a quantum model due to Schroedinger and subsequently within a classical “hydrodynamical” picture. In the latter case, it can be shown that a method initially introduced by Landau to study the damping of electronic vibrations in plasmas is well suited to this problem and provides a precise analysis of the experimental results recently obtained by a Stanford group.     

Spontaneous and backward stimulated Raman scattering of light in methane

The initial phase of development of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in the backward direction in compressed methane (the excess of the SRS intensity over the signal of spontaneous scattering in the experiment is ～100) has been studied theoretically and experimentally. The theory, developed on the basis of simple assumptions about the mechanism of SRS formation from spontaneous scattering, shows good agreement with experiment. The implicit consideration of backward SRS is shown to be significant for the conditions of depletion of the pump energy due to its continuous loss in the medium and conversion into SRS.     

Spectral properties of backward stimulated scattering in liquid carbon disulfide

The spectral structure of backward stimulated scattering from a 10 cm-long CS₂-liquid cell is investigated by using Q-switched 10-ns and 532-nm laser pulses with different spectral linewidths. Under a narrow spectral line (∼0.1 cm⁻¹) pump condition, very strong sharp lines near the pump wavelength (λ ₀) position and the first-order stimulated Raman scattering (λ _s1) position can be observed. However, under a wide line (≈1 cm⁻¹) pump condition, only a strong and superbroadening spectral band can be observed mainly in the red-shift side of the pump wavelength. The different spectral features under these two conditions can be explained by a competition between stimulated Brillouin, Raman, and Rayleigh-Kerr scattering. Under both pump conditions, the broadening spectral distributions are not consistent with the predictions given by stimulated Rayleigh-wing scattering theories, but can be interpreted well utilizing the theoretical model of stimulated Rayleigh-Kerr scattering. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 112, 1563–1573 (November 1997) Published in English in the original Russian journal. Reproduced here with stylistic changes by the Translation Editor.     

同轴相对论返波管中波束作用过程

根据同轴相对论返波管的特点建立了物理模型,采用时域有限差分法研究了同轴相对论返波管中波束作用过程。研究表明:同轴相对论返波管中波束作用的输出效率与两端反射系数密切相关,而且其内部场分布特点对于提高输出效率非常有利。经过优化设计,利用 500 keV, 4.0 kA 电子束流,微波起振时间为7 ns,输出效率大于38%,与以往数值模拟和实验结果符合较好。根据计算结果进一步分析得到,与空心相对论返波管相比,同轴相对论返波管中空间电荷效应的影响较小。     

同轴相对论返波管中波束作用过程

根据同轴相对论返波管的特点建立了物理模型,采用时域有限差分法研究了同轴相对论返波管中波束作用过程。研究表明:同轴相对论返波管中波束作用的输出效率与两端反射系数密切相关,而且其内部场分布特点对于提高输出效率非常有利。经过优化设计,利用 500 keV, 4.0 kA 电子束流,微波起振时间为7 ns,输出效率大于38%,与以往数值模拟和实验结果符合较好。根据计算结果进一步分析得到,与空心相对论返波管相比,同轴相对论返波管中空间电荷效应的影响较小。     

Study of the competition between forward and backward stimulated Raman scattering in methane

Simultaneous forward and backward stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in methane pumped by a single longitudinal mode Nd:YAG laser at 355 nm has been investigated both experimentally and numerically. For forward SRS, a maximum energy-conversion efficiency of 55% was obtained under 24 atm, while for backward SRS the corresponding figure was 58% under 4.7 atm. Under low pressures or at low pump energies, the conversion efficiency for backward SRS was found to be much higher than that for forward SRS, while the situation is quite the contrary under high pressures and at high pump energies. A quasi-two-dimensional numerical model is introduced to elucidate the competition between forward and backward SRS; we conclude that the high-pressure and high-pump-energy experimental results should be caused by the thermal defocusing effect in the SRS process. This is confirmed by the experimental fact that a decrease of the pulse-repetition rate increases the conversion efficiency for backward SRS but decreases that for forward SRS under high pressures. Our calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental results at a pulse-repetition rate of 2 Hz. PACS 42.55.Ye; 42.65.Dr; 42.65.Es     

Forward and backward intensity noises induced by stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fiber

The characteristic of intensity noise is degraded when stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) occurs in the fiber transmission systems. We use the localized fluctuating model to study SBS and obtain the curves of intensity fluctuations versus the single-pass gain. Corresponding experiments are also conducted. For the forward light, the relative intensity noise (RIN) dramatically increases at first and gradually stabilizes when the input power is above the SBS threshold. For the backward light, the RIN increases dramatically with the input power near the threshold. As the input power continues to increase, the RIN decreases quickly at first and subsequently decreases slowly. This observation is attributed to the lower frequencies.     

激光等离子体相互作用的受激拉曼散射饱和效应

在激光等离子体相互作用过程中,受激拉曼散射（SRS）会通过Langmuir波衰减不稳定性（LDI）和电子俘获两种机理饱和.文章给出均匀一维等离子体和低强度非相对论激光作用中,LDI和电子俘获两种机理下的SRS饱和时间的解析表达式.SRS饱和时间与入射激光强度,电子密度,电子温度,初始电子密度微扰等参数有关.解析理论计算得到了与模拟和实验相符的结果. 关键词： 受激拉曼散射 饱和 Langmuir波衰变不稳定性（LDI） 电子俘获     

超强激光在均匀等离子体中的背向拉曼散射放大机制

使用等离子体背向受激拉曼散射对激光进行放大时,等离子体的密度、温度和长度都会对激光的放大效果产生影响.为了探究等离子体密度对结果的影响,本文使用一维粒子模拟程序模拟了波长为800 nm的泵浦激光入射到均匀等离子体中,等离子体密度和泵浦光光强对散射光光谱的影响.模拟结果表明,等离子体密度降低会导致散射光的波长变短,而泵浦光的光强在一定范围内降低会增加散射光中背向散射光的比例.通过分析散射光的光强和等离子体的密度,发现前向拉曼散射是等离子体密度变化的原因.模拟结果对等离子体背向受激拉曼散射放大的实验研究具有重要的指导意义.     

Large-angle compton scattering in perturbative QCD

The processes γp→γp and γn→γn are studied in perturbative QCD for large scattering angles. The unpolarized cross sections, as well as the cross sections for polarized beams and targets, are given for various choices of the baryon wavefunction. The predictions for the unpolarized cross section of γp→γp are compared with the available data. Possible future experimental verifications of the theory are discussed.     

Compression of ultraintense laser pulses in inhomogeneous plasma upon backward stimulated raman scattering

The potential for time compression of ultraintense laser pulses in plasma based on nonlinear interactions between waves during backward stimulated Raman scattering is analyzed analytically and numerically. The optimal conditions for obtaining a maximal energy conversion coefficient of 10-ps laser pulses to the energy of 100-fs Stokes pulses are found.     

Study on forward stimulated Brillouin scattering in a backward pumped fiber Raman amplifier

Strong multi-order forward stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) has been observed in the backward pumped S-band distributed fiber Raman amplifier (FRA) with tunable narrow signal source (less than 100 MHz) when the pump power of FRA reached the SBS threshold. This does not obey the theory that only weak backward SBS lines exist according to the conservation of energy and momentum and the wave vector selected rule. This is because the sound waveguide characteristic weakens the wave vector rule, and the forward transmitted sound waveguide Brillouin scattering lines are generated and amplified in FRA.When the pump power is further increased, 11 orders of SBS lines and comb-like profile are observed. For the excited line, the frequency is 197.2296 THz and the power is 0 dBm. The even order SBS lines are stronger than odd order SBS lines, the power of the 2nd and 4th order SBS lines is 1.75 dBm, which is 16 dB higher than that of the 1st and 3rd order SBS lines. The odd order SBS lines are named BrillouinRayleigh scattering lines.     

Saturation of backward stimulated scattering of a laser beam in the kinetic regime

Stimulated Raman (SRS) and Brillouin scattering (SBS) are examined in the kinetic regime using particle-in-cell simulations. Wave front bowing of electron-plasma waves (ion-acoustic waves) from trapped particle nonlinear frequency shift is observed in the SRS (SBS) regime for the first time. Self-focusing from trapped particle modulational instability (TPMI) is shown to occur in 2D and 3D SRS simulations. The key physics of SRS saturation is identified as a combination of wave front bowing, TPMI, and self-focusing: Bowing marks the beginning of SRS saturation and self-focusing terminates SRS. Ion-acoustic wave bowing also contributes to SBS saturation. Velocity diffusion by transverse modes and rapid loss of hot electrons in regions of small transverse extent formed from self-focusing dissipate wave energy and increase Landau damping, despite trapping that reduces Landau damping initially.     

On the interaction of stimulated spin-flip raman scattering and stimulated recombination radiation in InSb

We have studied the interaction of stimulated spin-flip Raman scattering and stimulated recombination radiation in n-InSb using a CW CO pump laser. A change in linewidth and output power of second Stokes spin-flip radiation is observed when the tuning curve of the first Stokes stimulated spin-flip radiation and the stimulated recombination radiation cross. The observations are explained using a simple rate equation model.     

Low-intensity nonlinear spectral effects in compton scattering

Nonlinear effects are known to occur in Compton scattering light sources, when the laser normalized potential A approaches unity. In this Letter, it is shown that nonlinear spectral features can appear at arbitrarily low values of A, if the fractional bandwidth of the laser pulse Δ??1 is sufficiently small to satisfy A2Δ??1. A three-dimensional analysis, based on a local plane wave, slow-varying envelope approximation, enables the study of these effects for realistic interactions between an electron beam and a laser pulse, and their influence on high-precision Compton scattering light sources.