Effect of trapping on the saturation of the Raman backscatter instability
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 18 (8) , 1031-1033
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.861250
Abstract
The criterion for whether the Raman backscatter instability saturates by electron trapping or by pump depletion is determined and tested by computer simulation.Keywords
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