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We consider the effect of light reflected from the plasma critical surface on stimulated Brillouin scattering. For an expanding plasma, there will be a certain Mach number where the reflected light acts as a noise source for stimulated---Brillouin-scattering exponentiation. We show calculations and plasma simulations that exhibit significantly enhanced levels of scattering.
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Randall et al. (1979) studied this question.
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