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
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;
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
