https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2005-00042-8
Nonlinear Thomson scattering from relativistic laser plasma interaction
Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS UMR 7639,
École Polytechnique, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau, France
Corresponding author: a kim.taphuoc@ensta.fr
Received:
6
September
2004
Revised:
8
December
2004
Published online:
12
April
2005
As an electron oscillates in an intense laser field, it
acquires a highly nonlinear motion and emits X-ray radiation by
nonlinear Thomson scattering. In this paper we present a numerical
and experimental analysis of this radiation. We show that this
radiative process becomes dominant at relativistic laser
intensities (
), for which the laser light scatters off MeV electrons accelerated in the plasma.
PACS: 52.38.Ph – X-ray, gamma-ray and particle generation / 52.25.Os – Emission, absorption, and scattering of electromagnetic radiation / 52.50.Dg – Plasma sources
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2005
