damping has been demonstrated in a high-Z plasma. The ion-wave damping is varied in a
well characterized Xe plasma by varying the concentration of a C 5 H 12 impurity. The
reflectivity of SRS is observed to increase with the concentration of the dopant,
demonstrating the effect of ion-wave damping on SRS. The measurements are consistent
with models in which the amplitude of the SRS-driven Langmuir waves are limited by a …