Photon-photon elastic scattering in the visible domain |
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Authors: | F Moulin D Bernard F Amiranoff |
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Institution: | 1. LASO, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, F-94235, Cachan, France 2. LPNHE, Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3&CNRS, F-91128, Palaiseau Cedex, France 3. LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, F-91128, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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Abstract: | We are investigating the direct detection of photon-photon elastic scattering at optical energies. In a first experiment using two high-intensity pulsed laser beams, we have explored the feasibility of the method, and in particular the rejection of back-ground noise. We obtained an upper limit of the photon-photon elastic scattering cross section at 95% confidence level of 10?39 cm2. This limit can be lowered by twenty orders of magnitude by stimulating the scattering by a third beam, and by using high repetition rate existing lasers. |
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