Collective coherent emission of electrons in strong laser fields and perspective for hard x-ray lasers

Gelfer E. G.; Fedotov A. M.; Klimo O.; Weber S.

doi:10.1063/5.0174508

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Gelfer E. G., Fedotov A. M., Klimo O., Weber S.. Collective coherent emission of electrons in strong laser fields and perspective for hard x-ray lasers[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(2): 024201. doi: 10.1063/5.0174508

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Gelfer E. G., Fedotov A. M., Klimo O., Weber S.. Collective coherent emission of electrons in strong laser fields and perspective for hard x-ray lasers[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(2): 024201. doi: 10.1063/5.0174508

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Collective coherent emission of electrons in strong laser fields and perspective for hard x-ray lasers

doi: 10.1063/5.0174508

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Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, ELI Beamlines Facility, 25241 Dolní Br̆ez̆any, Czech Republic
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HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 25241 Dolní Br̆ez̆any, Czech Republic
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National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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FNSPE, Czech Technical University in Prague, 11519 Prague, Czech Republic

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Corresponding author: a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: egelfer@gmail.com
Received Date: 2023-08-31
Accepted Date: 2024-01-22

Available Online: 2024-03-01

Publish Date: 2024-03-01

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Coherent motion of particles in a plasma can imprint itself on radiation. The recent advent of high-power lasers—allowing the nonlinear inverse Compton-scattering regime to be reached—has opened the possibility of looking at collective effects in laser–plasma interactions. Under certain conditions, the collective interaction of many electrons with a laser pulse can generate coherent radiation in the hard x-ray regime. This perspective paper explains the limitations under which such a regime might be attained.

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