PPPL-4043 is available in <a href="PPPL-4043.pdf">pdf</a> format (856 KB).

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<b>Three-dimensional Simulation of Backward Raman Amplification</b>
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<b>Authors:</b> A.A. Balakin, G.M. Fraiman, and N.J. Fisch
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<b>Date of PPPL Report:</b> January 2005
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<b>To be published in:</b> IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (IEEE 4th Triennial Special Issue of Images in Plasma Science).</p>


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Three-dimensional (3-D) simulations for the Backward Raman Amplification (BRA) are presented. The images illustrate the effects of pump depletion, pulse diffraction, non-homogeneous plasma density, and plasma ionization.



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