Vacuum laser acceleration by an ultrashort, high-intensity laser pulse with a sharp rising edge

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作者：

Cheng, Y ^{[1
]}

Xu, ZZ ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Opt & Fine Mech, Lab High Intens Opt, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 1999年 / 74卷 / 15期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.123774

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

A laser vacuum electron acceleration scheme is proposed in this letter. By the help of a one-dimensional model, we find that an ultrashort, high-intensity, plane-wave laser pulse with a sharp rising edge can be used to accelerate electrons to relativistic energy in vacuum. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)02515-2].

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