Controlled beat-wave Brillouin scattering in the ionosphere

B. Eliasson; A. Senior; M. Rietveld; A. D. R. Phelps; R. A. Cairns; K. Ronald; D. C. Speirs; R. M. G. M. Trines; I. McCrea; R. Bamford; J. T. Mendonça; R. Bingham

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26305-9

Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Controlled beat-wave Brillouin scattering in the ionosphere

B. Eliasson,
A. Senior,
M. Rietveld,
A. D. R. Phelps,
R. A. Cairns,
K. Ronald,
D. C. Speirs,
R. M. G. M. Trines,
I. McCrea,
R. Bamford,
J. T. Mendonça,
R. Bingham

Affiliations

B. Eliasson: Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde
A. Senior: Independent Researcher
M. Rietveld: EISCAT, Ramfjordmoen
A. D. R. Phelps: Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde
R. A. Cairns: School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews
K. Ronald: Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde
D. C. Speirs: Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde
R. M. G. M. Trines: STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell
I. McCrea: STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell
R. Bamford: STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell
J. T. Mendonça: Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, N° 1
R. Bingham: Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26305-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Nonlinear wave mixing has been explored in space plasma. Here the authors report beat-wave Brillouin scattering experiment at EISCAT, in which two radio waves at different transmitted frequencies are driving ion acoustic waves in the ionosphere, leading to stimulated Brillouin emissions escaping the plasma.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
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