Violent acceleration of electrons by an ultra-intense pulsed laser beam

L. J. Zhu, Y. K. Ho, J. X. Wang, Q. Kong

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Abstract

We present a novel phenomenon of electron dynamics in an ultra-intense pulsed laser beam. When the field intensity is sufficiently strong (Q ≡ eE0/meωc ≳gt; 100, Q is a dimensionless parameter measuring the field intensity), the electron can be captured by the laser beam and thus violently accelerated by the laser field.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)319-324
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume248
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Nov 1998
Externally publishedYes

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