Enhanced direct laser vacuum acceleration of a charged particle in crossing plane-wave laser beams

被引:2
作者
Lin, H. [1 ]
Liu, C. P. [1 ]
Wang, C. [1 ]
Shen, B. F. [1 ]
机构
[1] Shanghai Inst Opt & Fine Mech, State Key Lab High Field Laser Phys, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
laser acceleration of a charged particle; laser beams with plane wavefronts; HIGH-INTENSITY LASER; BREMSSTRAHLUNG ELECTRON ACCELERATION; COHERENT DIPOLE RADIATION; TILTED AMPLITUDE FRONTS; RELATIVISTIC ENERGIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC-WAVE; SCATTERING; PULSES; ULTRASHORT; BUNCHES;
D O I
10.1070/QE2015v045n09ABEH015536
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Strict theory shows that in the field of two laser beams crossing in vacuum with a phase delay pi/2, a unique dynamics of the electron is observed. Unlike a single-beam case in which the velocity component along the laser magnetic field is always zero, the electron motion in the case of crossing beams is completely three-dimensional and hence a larger maximum value of the relativistic factor Gamma, i.e. acceleration of an electron to larger energies, can be achieved.
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页码:863 / 867
页数:5
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