Nonlinear behavior of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in inhomogeneous plasma is investigated numerically with aperiodic boundary conditions. The effects that modify SRS behavior with stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) and Langmuir driven ion fluctuation are 1) nonlinear coupling of Langmuir/ion acoustic wave and 2) energy competition between SRS and SBS. The various processes of the nonlinear coupling which may inhibit SRS are discussed and the SRS evolution features are illustrated in inhomogeneous 1D plasma. Langmuir wave conversion to more strongly damped waves appear to be important to suppress SRS. The γeff,R/γeff,B, the ratio of growth rates of SRS and SBS, and lR/lB, the ratio of growth lengths are presented as two important parameters to define the different paths of simutaneous SRS/SBS evolution. When γeff,Reff,B or lR/lB, SBS is potent to saturate even terminate SRS.
下载:
