• DocumentCode
    1384792
  • Title

    Acceleration of electrons by moving intensity minima of laser fields with dynamic superposition

  • Author

    Cicchitelli, Lorenzo ; Hora, Heinrich

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Theor. Phys., New South Wales Univ., Kensington, NSW, Australia
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    10/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1833
  • Lastpage
    1837
  • Abstract
    The question of how the trapping and moving of electrons in the intensity minima is possible is addressed. It has been asked whether the electrons are not slipping through the standing wave field or the accelerated intensity minima if one would follow up the individual quiver motion of the electrons instead of the time averaged nonlinear forces. In order to demonstrate that the electrons are not slipping through the electromagnetic field according to the time averaged nonlinear force, a detailed numerical calculation is performed. A complicated differential equation problem is then solved. The results agree with the otherwise expected time averaged nonlinear force description, and no slipping through or other unexpected mechanisms occur
  • Keywords
    electron beams; laser beam effects; accelerated intensity minima; differential equation problem; dynamic superposition; electron acceleration; electron acceleration by lasers; electron trapping; laser fields; moving intensity minima; quiver motion; standing wave field; time averaged nonlinear force; Acceleration; Electron beams; Electron emission; Electron optics; Free electron lasers; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Plasma accelerators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.60909
  • Filename
    60909