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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 121-128 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics |
| Volume | 280 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 19 Feb 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Laser acceleration
- Laser pulse
- Vacuum acceleration mechanism