Observation of Nonlinear Effects in Compton Scattering

1996/04/22 by C. Bula, Kirk T. McDonald, Eric Prebys +16 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics

paper · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.76.3116

openalex publication_date 1996/04/22 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

Nonlinear Compton scattering has been observed in the collision of a low-emittance 46.6-GeV electron beam with terawatt pulses from a Nd:glass laser at 1054 and 527 nm wavelengths in an experiment at the Final Focus Test Beam at SLAC. Peak laser intensities of 10¹⁸\phantom\rule0ex0exW/cm² have been achieved, corresponding to a value of 0.6 for the parameter \ensuremathη\phantom\rule0ex0ex=\phantom\rule0ex0exeE_rms/m\ensuremathω₀c. Results are presented for multiphoton Compton scattering in which up to four laser photons interact with an electron, in agreement with theoretical calculations.

Citations

• Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses

Cited by

• Short-term evolution of electron wave packet in a constant crossed field with radiative corrections
• Collision parameters needed to measure polarisation-dependent nonlinear pair creation
• Nonlinear optics [wikipedia]