Subcycle high electron acceleration by crossed laser beams

Citation
Yi. Salamin et Ch. Keitel, Subcycle high electron acceleration by crossed laser beams, APPL PHYS L, 77(8), 2000, pp. 1082-1084
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
77
Issue
8
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1082 - 1084
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(20000821)77:8<1082:SHEABC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We present an exact plane-wave-based analysis of the vacuum acceleration, t o energy gradients in the TeV/m range, of a single electron, using two lase r beams crossing at an arbitrary angle. Our analysis of the dynamics evolve s from analytic solutions to the relativistic equations of motion and predi cts that, for a given laser intensity, a unique crossing angle maximizes th e energy gain due to constructive interference. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)03134-X].