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Stimulated backscattering of electromagnetic waves from ion–ion hybrid waves in a magnetized plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Kai Fong Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

Abstract

In a high-density magnetized plasma composed of two ion species of different charge-to-mass ratios, electrostatic waves propagating across the magnetic field exhibit a resonance at the Buchsbaum or ion-ion hybrid frequency, in addition to the resonances at the upper and lower hybrid frequencies. In this paper, the possibility of stimulated scattering of electromagnetic waves incident normal to the magnetic field from electrostatic waves at the ion-ion hybrid frequency is investigated. Based on the cold-plasma equations, it is found that such a process is theoretically possible. Formulas for the threshold power and growth rate are obtained, which show that the threshold power is much greater, and the growth rate much less, than those of stimulated scattering from upper and lower hybrid waves.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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