TY - JOUR
T1 - Observation of electron trapping and phase-area displacement in the interaction between an electron beam and two counter-propagating laser beams
AU - Olshan, R. Z.
AU - Gover, A.
AU - Ruschin, S.
AU - Kleinman, H.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - We report the observation of synchronous energy exchange between nonrelativistic electrons and the ponderomotive (beat) force of two counterpropagating, intense, pulsed CO2 laser beams, operating at different frequencies in a stimulated Compton scattering scheme. The interaction takes place in the nonlinear (trapping) regime, and its physics is the same as in laser accelerators and efficiency-enhanced free-electron lasers with long wigglers. Two different mechanisms of enhanced energy transfer were observed electron trapping and phase-area displacement.
AB - We report the observation of synchronous energy exchange between nonrelativistic electrons and the ponderomotive (beat) force of two counterpropagating, intense, pulsed CO2 laser beams, operating at different frequencies in a stimulated Compton scattering scheme. The interaction takes place in the nonlinear (trapping) regime, and its physics is the same as in laser accelerators and efficiency-enhanced free-electron lasers with long wigglers. Two different mechanisms of enhanced energy transfer were observed electron trapping and phase-area displacement.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.483
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.483
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AN - SCOPUS:6244223225
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 58
SP - 483
EP - 486
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 5
ER -