Measurements of the Parametric Decay of Co-Laser Radiation into Plasma Waves at Quarter-Critical Density Using Ruby-Laser Thomson Scattering
- 2 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 40 (1) , 27-30
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.40.27
Abstract
We report the results of small-angle ruby-laser Thomson-scattering measurements of the parametric excitation of plasma waves by C-laser radiation at quarter-critical density in a laser-heated gas-target plasma. From supplementary data obtained from interferometry and large-angle ruby-laser scattering we infer that the threshold conditions for a convective decay are satisfied.
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