Relativistic Particle Motion in Nonuniform Electromagnetic Waves
- 3 December 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 31 (23) , 1380-1383
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.31.1380
Abstract
It is shown that a charged particle moving in a strong nonuniform electromagnetic wave suffers a net acceleration in the direction of the negative intensity gradient of the wave. Electrons will be expelled perpendicularly from narrow laser beams and various instabilities can result.Keywords
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