Volkov States and Non-linear Compton Scattering in Short and Intense Laser Pulses

Understand

The collision of ultra-relativistic electron beams with intense short laser pulses makes possible to study QED in the high-intensity regime.

• Present day high-intensity lasers mostly operate with short pulse durations of several tens of femtoseconds, i.e.
• only a few optical cycles.
• A profound theoretical understanding of short pulse effects is important not only for studying fundamental aspects of high-intensity laser matter interaction, but also for applications as novel X- and gamma-ray radiation sources.