Mechanism of electron violent acceleration by extra-intense lasers in vacuum

J. X. Wang, W. Scheid, M. Hoelss, Y. K. Ho

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Abstract

The mechanism underlying the electron capture acceleration (Phys. Rev. E 58 (1998) 6575) is studied. It is found that the longitudinal electric field, resulting from the transverse spatial gradient of the laser fields, is responsible for the violent electron acceleration while the transverse fields play the role of confining the electron inside the laser beam.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)121-128
Number of pages8
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume280
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Feb 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Laser acceleration
  • Laser pulse
  • Vacuum acceleration mechanism

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