Photon-photon scattering in collisions of laser pulses
arXiv:1202.3339 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/14/10/103002
Abstract
A scenario for measuring the predicted processes of vacuum elastic and inelastic photon-photon scattering with modern lasers is investigated. Numbers of measurable scattered photons are calculated for the collision of two, Gaussian-focused, pulsed lasers. We show that a single 10PW optical laser beam split into two counter-propagating pulses is sufficient for measuring the elastic process. Moreover, when these pulses are sub-cycle, our results suggest the inelastic process should be measurable too.
arXiv comment23 pages, 15 figures
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