Stimulated Raman sidescattering with the effects of oblique incidence

Abstract
A straightforward analytic theory is presented for the stimulated Raman sidescattering instability in an inhomogeneous plasma. The Liu–Rosenbluth perturbation technique in k space [Phys. Fluids 1 9, 967 (1976)] is used. The effects of oblique incidence of the light wave, the dispersion of the plasma waves, and the damping of the daughter waves are included. Possible experimental signatures are discussed.