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VOLUME 17 (1973) | ISSUE 5 | PAGE 271
Influence of Saturation Effects on Stimulating Scattering in Laser Heating of a Plasma
We consider the reflection of powerful laser radiation from a plasma produced when laser pulses are focused on a solid target. We show that to calculate the reflection coefficient correctly it is necessary to take the nonlinear effects into account. In particular, saturation effects limit the reflection as a result of stimulated Thomson scattering and stimulating scattering by ions at the 2 x 1011 1013 W/cm2 level.