Focusing effects in laser-electron Thomson scattering

We study the effects of laser pulse focusing on the spectral properties of Thomson scattered radiation. Modeling the laser as a paraxial beam we find that, in all but the most extreme cases of focusing, the temporal envelope has a much bigger effect on the spectrum than the focusing itself. For the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chris Harvey, Mattias Marklund, Amol R. Holkundkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2016-09-01
Series:Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.094701