Observable effects caused by vacuum pair creation in the field of high-power optical lasers

David B. Blaschke; Andrey V. Filatov; Irina A. Egorova; Alexander V. Prozorkevich; Stanislav A. Smolyansky

doi:10.1117/12.754005

13 June 2007 Observable effects caused by vacuum pair creation in the field of high-power optical lasers

David B. Blaschke, Andrey V. Filatov, Irina A. Egorova, Alexander V. Prozorkevich, Stanislav A. Smolyansky

Proceedings Volume 6537, Saratov Fall Meeting 2006: Laser Physics and Photonics, Spectroscopy and Molecular Modeling VII; 653708 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.754005
Event: Saratov Fall Meeting 2006, 2006, Saratov, Russian Federation

Abstract

We consider the possibility of an experimental proof of vacuum e⁺e^- pair creation in the focus of two counter−propagating optical laser beams with an intensity of the order of 10²⁰-10²² W/cm². Our approach is based on the collisionless kinetic equation for the distribution function of the e⁺e^- pairs with the source term for particle production. As a possible experimental signal of vacuum pair production we consider the refraction of a high-frequency probe laser beam by the produced e⁺e^- plasma to be observed by an interference filter. The generation of high harmonics of laser frequency in the self-consistent electric field is also investigated.

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David B. Blaschke, Andrey V. Filatov, Irina A. Egorova, Alexander V. Prozorkevich, and Stanislav A. Smolyansky "Observable effects caused by vacuum pair creation in the field of high-power optical lasers", Proc. SPIE 6537, Saratov Fall Meeting 2006: Laser Physics and Photonics, Spectroscopy and Molecular Modeling VII, 653708 (13 June 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.754005

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