Enhanced forward scattering in the case of two crossed laser beams interacting with a plasma |
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Authors: | Labaune Baldis Schifano Bauer Maximov Ourdev Rozmus Pesme |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France. |
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Abstract: | The nonlinear enhancement of large-angle forward scattering of two identical laser beams propagating in a preformed plasma has been observed experimentally. The spectral analysis of the forward-scattered light shows two components, one which is unshifted with respect to the initial laser light frequency, and the other which is redshifted by a few angstroms. The redshifted component is found to be strongly enhanced in the case of crossed beam interaction in comparison with that of one beam illumination. Two-dimensional numerical simulations show that this enhancement is due to large-angle forward stimulated Brillouin scattering in which each beam serves as seed for the forward scattering of the other. |
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