Abstract:
An exact quantum solution of the problem of electron scattering from a short-range potential in the presence of a strong elliptically polarized laser field is obtained. The differential scattering cross section as a function of the number of absorbed (or emitted) photons exhibits a plateau caused by the rescattering of electrons from the scattering center. Numerical results for a linearly polarized laser field are presented, and it is shown that the plateau boundaries agree well with classical estimates.
Citation:
N. L. Manakov, A. F. Starace, A. V. Flegel, M. V. Frolov, “Plateau effects in the spectra of electrons scattered from atoms in a strong laser field”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 76:5 (2002), 316–321; JETP Letters, 76:5 (2002), 258–263