Abstract

Spectra of Thomson and Compton radiation, emitted during electron scattering off an intense laser beam, are calculated using the frameworks of classical and strong-field quantum electrodynamics, respectively. Both approaches use a plane-wave-fronted pulse approximation regarding the driving laser beam. Within this approximation, a very good agreement between Thomson and Compton frequency distributions is observed provided that frequencies of the emitted radiation is relatively low. The dependence of frequency spectra on the laser pulse envelope is analysed. This becomes important in the context of ultra-short pulse generation, as illustrated by numerical examples.

Details

Title
Shape effects in nonlinear Thomson and Compton processes
Author
Twardy, M 1 ; Krajewska, K 2 ; Kamiński, J Z 2 

 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Pl. Politechniki 1, 00-661 Warszawa, Poland 
 Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warszawa, Poland 
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Apr 2014
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2576619131
Copyright
© 2014. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.