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Nonlinear Thomson scattering of a relativistically strong tightly focused ultrashort laser pulse

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The problem of nonlinear Thomson scattering of a relativistically strong linearly polarized ultrashort laser pulse tightly focused into a spot with a diameter of D F ≳ λ (where λ is the laser wavelength) is solved. The energy, spectral, and angular distributions of radiation generated due to Thomson scattering from test electrons located in the focal region are found. The characteristics of scattered radiation are studied as functions of the tightness of laser focusing and the initial position of test particles relative to the center of the focal region for a given laser pulse energy. It is demonstrated that the ultratight focusing is not optimal for obtaining the brightest and hardest source of secondary electromagnetic radiation. The hardest and shortest radiation pulse is generated when the beam waist diameter is ≃10λ.

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    O. E. Vais, S. G. Bochkarev & V. Yu. Bychenkov

  2. Dukhov All-Russia Research Institute of Automation, Center for Fundamental and Applied Research, Rosatom, Sushchevskaya ul. 22, Moscow, 127055, Russia

    O. E. Vais & V. Yu. Bychenkov

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Original Russian Text © O.E. Vais, S.G. Bochkarev, V.Yu. Bychenkov, 2016, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2016, Vol. 42, No. 9, pp. 796–812.

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Vais, O.E., Bochkarev, S.G. & Bychenkov, V.Y. Nonlinear Thomson scattering of a relativistically strong tightly focused ultrashort laser pulse. Plasma Phys. Rep. 42, 818–833 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X16090105

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