Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2565 - 2568 (2001)Thomson Scattering Measurements of Saturated Ion Waves in Laser Fusion Plasmas |
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S. H. Glenzer1, L. M. Divol2, R. L. Berger1, C. Geddes1, R. K. Kirkwood1, J. D. Moody1, E. A. Williams1, and P. E. Young1
1L-447, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551
2CEA/DIF/DCSA/SET, BP 12, 91680 Bruyères-Le-Châtel, France
Received 20 October 2000
We have measured the characteristics of saturated ion-acoustic waves in inertial confinement fusion plasmas. A 263-nm probe laser has been applied to simultaneous Thomson scatter on both ion-acoustic waves excited by thermal electrostatic fluctuations and by stimulated Brillouin scattering of a kilojoule laser beam of varying intensity. The Thomson scattering spectra show saturated ion-wave amplitudes for intensities above 5×1014 W cm-2 consistent with three dimensional nonlinear wave modeling.
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URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v86/p2565
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2565
PACS: 52.35.Fp, 52.25.Os, 52.38.-r, 52.70.Kz
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