DocumentCode
2258573
Title
Radiation from an electron wave packet driven by a strong laser field
Author
Ware, M. ; Peatross, J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We argue against treating driven free-electron wave packets as extended classical charge distributions for computing scattered light. We have designed an experiment to test this by measuring light scattered out the side of a focus.
Keywords
laser beam effects; light scattering; photon-electron scattering; charge distributions; electron wave packet; light scattering; Atom optics; Atomic measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; Free electron lasers; Laser theory; Light scattering; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Physics; X-ray scattering; (000.1600) Classical and quantum physics; (270.6620) Strong-field processes;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Type
conf
Filename
4572438
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