ACCELERATION OF ELECTRONS BY INTENSE LASER-PULSES IN VACUUM

Authors
HAUSER T SCHEID W HORA H
Citation
T. Hauser et al., ACCELERATION OF ELECTRONS BY INTENSE LASER-PULSES IN VACUUM, Physics letters. A, 186(3), 1994, pp. 189-192
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
186
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
189 - 192
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1994)186:3<189:AOEBIL>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The acceleration of electrons by laser beams in vacuum is studied. Ele ctrons can gain energy out of the laser field if they are accelerated inside only a half wavelength of the laser light. With presently avail able lasers one can reach final electron energies of up to about 100 M eV. Conditions for TeV electron accelerators are elaborated. For study ing the basic mechanism we suggest an experiment by crossing an electr on beam with a laser beam.