Abstract
Electrons in an electromagnetic field of an intense femtosecond laser experience strong accelerations and produce elementary Larmor-type radiation (1). The emission generated by the strong interaction between electrons and photons is also called non linear Thomson scattering and was observed few years ago by the detection of the second and third harmonic light of the laser (2). The x-ray spectral range was anticipated at relativistic quiver energies provided by the strong laser fields.
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