Abstract
When two waves, and , are externally driven in an unstable beam-plasma system, they are found to couple in the nonlinear regime to produce up to ten waves, with frequencies given by and amplitudes comparable to the driver amplitudes. This situation is described in terms of third- and higher-order wave-interaction processes. It is suggested that this phenomenon is responsible for nonlinear broadening of the amplified noise spectrum.
- Received 13 January 1972
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.28.662
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