Short-Pulse Amplification by Strongly-Coupled Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

Abstract

We examine the feasibility of strongly-coupled stimulated Brillouin scattering as a mechanism for the plasma-based amplification of sub-picosecond pulses. In particular, we use fluid theory and particle-in-cell simulations to compare the relative advantages of Raman and Brillouin amplification over a broad range of achievable parameters.

16 pages, 11 figures

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• Backward Raman amplification in the Langmuir wavebreaking regime
• Saturation of the leading spike growth in backward Raman amplifiers
• Threshold for Electron Trapping Nonlinearity in Langmuir Waves

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