DocumentCode
1113833
Title
A new approach on studying electron behavior under very intense laser beam
Author
Popa, Alexandru
Author_Institution
Laser Dept., Inst. of Atomic Phys., Bucharest, Romania
Volume
40
Issue
10
fYear
2004
Firstpage
1519
Lastpage
1523
Abstract
The recent emergence of the field studying interactions between very intense laser fields and charged particles, brings about the problem of determining if, and under what conditions, the quantum equations which describe these interactions are at the classical limit. We present an affirmative answer to this question in the case of an electron in electromagnetic field, corresponding to intensities of the electrical field of the order one atomic unit, or greater. We neglect the spin interactions, and show that with very good approximation (the relative error being less than 10-7), the solution of the Klein-Gordon equation is a function only of the classical action S, written for the same system. Our approach does not use the semiclassical approximation, and it implies that the solution of the Klein-Gordon equation is at the classical limit of quantum mechanics for the systems discussed here. The results lead to a simplified computational model for analysing these systems.
Keywords
electromagnetic field theory; laser beam effects; partial differential equations; quantum theory; wave functions; Klein-Gordon equation solution; charged particles; electromagnetic fields; electrons; laser beams; quantum equations; quantum mechanics; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Electromagnetic fields; Electron beams; Equations; Laser beams; Laser theory; Physics; Wave functions; Electromagnetic fields; electrons; laser beams; partial differential equations; quantum theory; relativistic effects; wave functions;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.2004.834782
Filename
1337033
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