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Having studied the electron dynamics in laser–nanofoil interactions in the previous chapter, we shall now turn our interest to the envisioned application—the intense, short wavelength generation via the reflection of a laser pulse from a relativistic electron mirror.
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The relativistic Doppler upshift is non-existent in transmission and thus cannot be attributed to the observed signal.
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At \(\omega = 10\,\omega _L\), a minimal bandwidth of \(\Delta \omega /\omega = 20\,\%\) is needed to resolve different pulses spatially.
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Kiefer, D. (2015). Coherent Thomson Backscattering from Relativistic Electron Mirrors. In: Relativistic Electron Mirrors. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07752-9_5
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