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On the theory of nonlinear Thomson scattering of a highly focused laser pulse

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The problem of nonlinear Thomson scattering of an ultrashort laser pulse on free electrons from a sharp focus is solved within the test particle approach. To describe the laser beam fields, an exact solution to the Helmholtz equation is used, which allows simulation of the electron dynamics and emission when the paraxial approximation is certainly inapplicable. Characteristics of attosecond electromagnetic pulses of secondary emission from test electrons during their motion near the laser focus are studied.

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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

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  1. O. E. Vais
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Correspondence to S. G. Bochkarev.

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Original Russian Text © O.E. Vais, S.G. Bochkarev, V.Yu. Bychenkov, 2015, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2015, Vol. 42, No. 12, pp. 62–67.

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Vais, O.E., Bochkarev, S.G. & Bychenkov, V.Y. On the theory of nonlinear Thomson scattering of a highly focused laser pulse. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 43, 12–15 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335616010048

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