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A nonlocal theory of stimulated Raman backscattering (BSRS) parametric instability of a large amplitude electromagnetic (EM) mode in a strongly magnetized plasma e.g., one encountered in a plasma filled backward wave oscillator, is reported. The EM mode is unstable to parametric instability in a magnetized plasma and decays into a Trivelpiece-Gould (TG) mode and a sideband EM mode. The growth rate of instability (Γ) scales proportional to three-fourth power of plasma density. For a typical BWO the growth rate is ∼108 s-1
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Sharma, B., Jaiman, N. Nonlocal theory of stimulated Raman backscattering in a strongly magnetized plasma. Eur. Phys. J. D 48, 83–86 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2008-00073-7
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