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A: Fachverband Atomphysik

A 9: Interaction with Strong or Short Laser Pulses I

A 9.6: Talk

Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 12:15–12:30, VMP 6 HS-C

Acceleration of Electrons in Vacuum with Intense Laser Pulses — •Stefanie Lourenco, Nicolas Kowarsch, and Werner Scheid — Theoretische Physik, Justus Liebig Universität Gießen, Deutschland

High intense laser pulses can be used in order to achieve high energies (TeV) for electrons in future accelerators. We study the acceleration of electrons in the vacuum with short laser pulses which have an extension of roughly a half wave length. For that we consider a three-dimensional laser pulse which approximately solves the Maxwellian’s equations. For a laser pulse forming a plane wave in the transversal direction the electron acceleration can be expressed in simple analytical formulas. Next we plan to solve the Maxwell’s equations exactly for a three-dimensional short laser pulse. Then we can calculate the electron acceleration more precisely.