High-intensity-laser-electron scattering

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1935-1941

  Meyerhofer, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering; High intensity; Multiphoton

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS;

ELECTRON WAVE FUNCTION; MULTIPHOTON COMPTON SCATTERING; NONLINEAR LASER ELECTRON SCATTERING;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0031276377     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.641308     Document Type: Article

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