Essential criteria for efficient pulse amplification via Raman and Brillouin scattering
Plasma Physics
2016-11-15 v1
Abstract
Raman and Brillouin amplification are two schemes for amplifying and compressing short laser pulses in plasma. Analytical models have already been derived for both schemes, but the full consequences of these models are little known or used. Here, we present new criteria that govern the evolution of the attractor solution for the seed pulse in Raman and Brillouin amplification, and show how the initial laser pulses need to be shaped to control the properties of the final amplified seed and improve the amplification efficiency.
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@article{arxiv.1611.04485,
title = {Essential criteria for efficient pulse amplification via Raman and Brillouin scattering},
author = {R. M. G. M. Trines and E. P. Alves and E. Webb and J. Vieira and F. Fiuza and R. A. Fonseca and L. O. Silva and J. Sadler and N. Ratan and L. Ceurvorst and M. F. Kasim and M. Tabak and D. Froula and D. Haberberger and P. A. Norreys and R. A. Cairns and R. Bingham},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.04485},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
14 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letters in July 2016