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physics.plasm-ph2016★ 27 cited
Plasma Wave Seed for Raman Amplifiers
Kenan Qu, Ido Barth, Nathaniel J. Fisch
It is proposed to replace the traditional counterpropagating laser seed in backward Raman amplifiers with a plasma wave seed. In the linear regime, namely, for a constant pump ampl…
physics.plasm-ph2016★ 34 cited
Reducing parametric backscattering by polarization rotation
Ido Barth, Nathaniel J. Fisch
When a laser passes through underdense plasmas, Raman and Brillouin Backscattering can reflect a substantial portion of the incident laser energy. This is a major loss mechanism, f…
physics.plasm-ph2016★ 17 cited
Beyond nonlinear saturation of backward Raman amplifiers
Ido Barth, Zeev Toroker, Alexey A. Balakin +1
Backward Raman amplification is limited by relativistic nonlinear dephasing resulting in saturation of the leading spike of the amplified pulse. Pump detuning is employed to mitiga…