Erratum: ‘‘Phase dependence of Thomson scattering in an ultraintense laser field’’ Phys. Plasmas 9, 4325 [2002]

Authors

Fei He, University of Michigan
Y. Y. Lau, University of Michigan
Donald P. Umstadter, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Trevor Strickler, University of Michigan

Date of this Version

1-1-2003

Comments

Published in Physics of Plasmas 10:1 (Jan 2003), p. 327. Copyright 2003 American Institute of Physics; used by permission. DOI: 10.1063/1.1526832 Physics of Plasmas is published monthly by the American Institute of Physics with the cooperation of The American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics; http://pop.aip.org/

Abstract

The conclusions of this paper on the frequency scaling of the peak intensity of Thomson scattering of an electron that is initially at rest are restricted to the backscatter direction of the laser. All data were obtained only for the backscatter direction. In the forward direction of the laser, there is no frequency upshift. At an oblique angle that depends on the normalized laser field amplitude, ω/ω₀ ~ O(a³) for large a, where ω₀ is the laser frequency and a is the normalized laser electric field amplitude. Also, in Fig. 3, a = 10.