a Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142092, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
b Institute of General Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 53 Leninskii Prospekt, Moscow 117294, Russia
Abstract:
The scattering of a well collimated electron beam by a strong standing laser wave of ultrashort duration, giving rise to a great number of scattered photons, is considered. This type of scattering is found to cause an electron beam to divide effectively into two parts. Ultrashort laser pulses are shown to be capable of forming ultrashort electron bunches whose length is governed by the laser beam diameter.