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Physics of Plasmas 14, 7 (2007) 072704
Saturation process induced by vortex-merging in numerical Vlasov-Maxwell experiments of stimulated Raman backscattering
M. Albrecht-Marc 1, Alain Ghizzo 1, 2, T. W. Johnston 3, Thierry Reveille 1, 2, Del Sarto Daniele 1, Pierre Bertrand 1, 2
For the CALVI collaboration(s)
(2007-07)

The influence of low-frequency nonlinear Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal (BGK)-type waves induced by trapped electrons in backward stimulated Raman scattering is investigated in optical mixing. Semi-Lagrangian Vlasov-Maxwell simulations show two nonlinear behaviors. First, there is a Morales-O'Neil plasma wave frequency downshift retuned by a small wavenumber shift which maintains the Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) resonance. The saturation of Raman backscattering begins with phase space vortex merging followed by a transition to lower wavenumbers following the (nonlinear) dispersion relation, resembling weak turbulence.
1:  Physique des milieux ionisés et applications (LPMIA)
CNRS : UMR7040 – Université Henri Poincaré - Nancy I
2:  CALVI (INRIA Nancy - Grand Est / IECN / LSIIT / IRMA)
CNRS : UMR7005 – INRIA – Université de Strasbourg – Université de Lorraine
3:  INRS Québec
INRS Québec
Physics/Physics/Plasma Physics