Attosecond electron pulses from multiterawatt transverse magnetic laser beams

Charles Varin; Michel Piché

doi:10.1117/12.707932

8 September 2006 Attosecond electron pulses from multiterawatt transverse magnetic laser beams

Charles Varin, Michel Piché

Proceedings Volume 6343, Photonics North 2006; 634344 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.707932
Event: Photonics North 2006, 2006, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

We show how electrons could be accelerated from rest to multi-MeV energies within a few millimeters by the longitudinal electric field of a pulsed transverse magnetic laser beam of multiterawatt power. The use of an ultrafast laser beam and a compact initial electron cloud forces the particles to effectively interact with a single half-cycle of the laser field. Numerical simulations of the time-dependent three-dimensional Maxwell-Lorentz equations show that relativistic attosecond electron pulses could thus be produced. Preliminary theoretical investigations predict that electron pulses of zeptosecond duration could be generated with multipetawatt laser power.

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Charles Varin and Michel Piché "Attosecond electron pulses from multiterawatt transverse magnetic laser beams", Proc. SPIE 6343, Photonics North 2006, 634344 (8 September 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.707932

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