EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF ELECTRONS ACCELERATED IN VACUUM TO RELATIVISTIC ENERGIES BY A HIGH-INTENSITY LASER

Authors
MALKA G LEFEBVRE E MIQUEL JL
Citation
G. Malka et al., EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF ELECTRONS ACCELERATED IN VACUUM TO RELATIVISTIC ENERGIES BY A HIGH-INTENSITY LASER, Physical review letters, 78(17), 1997, pp. 3314-3317
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
78
Issue
17
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3314 - 3317
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)78:17<3314:EOEAIV>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Free electrons have been accelerated in vacuum to MeV energies by a hi gh-intensity subpicosecond laser pulse (10(19) W/cm(2), 300fs). The ex perimental data are in good agreement with the relativistic motion of electrons in a spatially and temporally finite electromagnetic field, both in terms of maximum energy and scattering angle.