Control of 2ω (527 nm) stimulated Raman scattering in a steep density gradient plasma
Author(s) -
J. D. Moody,
L. Divol,
D. H. Froula,
S. H. Glenzer,
G. Gregori,
R. K. Kirkwood,
A. J. Mackin,
N. B. Meezan,
C. Niemann,
L. J. Suter,
R. Bahr,
W. Seka
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
physics of plasmas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1089-7674
pISSN - 1070-664X
DOI - 10.1063/1.3143028
Subject(s) - filamentation , physics , smoothing , raman scattering , laser , scattering , plasma , polarization (electrochemistry) , optics , density gradient , raman spectroscopy , atomic physics , computational physics , chemistry , quantum mechanics , computer science , computer vision
Experiments show that application of laser smoothing schemes including smoothing by spectral dispersion and polarization smoothing effectively suppresses stimulated Raman scattering from a 2ω (527 nm) laser beam in a low average-gain plasma with a steep density gradient. Full-wave simulations reproduce the observed trends in the data and show that the scattering reduction is an indirect result of suppressing active filamentation. © 2009 American Institute of Physics
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