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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
CALVI Collaboration(s)
(07/2007)

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
Physique/Physique/Physique des plasmas