Electron vacuum acceleration by a tightly focused laser pulse

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Popov, K I ^a   Bychenkov, V Yu ^a,b   Rozmus, W ^a   Sydora, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; VACUUM; WAVELENGTH;

ELECTRON VACUUM ACCELERATION; FOCAL SPOT SIZE; LASER FIELDS; PARAXIAL APPROXIMATION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 38849143112     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2830651     Document Type: Article

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