Electron bunch interaction with a monochromatic electromagnetic wave

A technique of modulation of the charge density in a bunch when it interacts with a linearly polarized laser beam is developed. Solution of the problem is based on the numerical method for determination of interaction time of different electrons in the bunch flying through the interaction region, with use of an integral of motion of an electron in the monochromatic electromagnetic field. It is shown that in the terahertz frequency range, at high values of the field strength, sufficiently harddriving modulation of the charge density in the bunch may be obtained. High efficiency of the bunch charge density modulation is demonstrated in plots for different electrodynamical parameters.