Journal article

Publication year: 1999

Pages: 7473-7478

Journal: Physical Review E

Volume number: 60

Issue number: 6

ISSN: 1539-3755

eISSN: 1550-2376

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.60.7473

Publisher: American Physical Society

Abstract: 
In this paper, an approximate pulsed-laser-beam solution of Maxwell's equation in vacuum is derived. Then with the numerical simulation method, electron acceleration induced by high-intensity [Q(0) = eE(0)/(m(e)wc) = 3] lasers is discussed in connection with the recent experiment of Malka et al. It is found that the maximum energy gain and the relationship between the final energy and the scattering angle can be well reproduced, but the polarization effect of electron-laser interactions is not very prominent. These results show that the ponderomotive potential model is still applicable, which means that the stimulated Compton scattering is the main fundamental mechanism responsible for the electron acceleration at this laser intensity. [S1063-651X(99)09012-1].

Harvard Citation style: Wang, J., Ho, Y., Feng, L., Kong, Q., Wang, P., Yuan, Z., et al. (1999) High-intensity laser-induced electron acceleration in vacuum, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 60(6), pp. 7473-7478. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.60.7473

APA Citation style: Wang, J., Ho, Y., Feng, L., Kong, Q., Wang, P., Yuan, Z., & Scheid, W. (1999). High-intensity laser-induced electron acceleration in vacuum. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 60(6), 7473-7478. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.60.7473