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Measured photoemission from electron wave packets in a strong laser field

Michael Ware, Eric Cunningham, Caleb Coburn, and Justin Peatross

Abstract

We present calibrated measurements of single-photon Thomson scattering from free electrons driven by a laser with intensity 1018 W/cm2. The measurements demonstrate that individual electrons radiate with the strength of point emitters, even when their wave packets spread to the scale of the driving-laser wavelength. The result agrees with predictions of quantum electrodynamics.

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