Abstract

It was shown by one of the authors earlier¹ that the multiphoton excitation of a free cyclotron electron can be induced by two laser beams with their frequencies ω₁, and ω₂ being much higher than a cyclotron frequency Ω_c and differing either by (three-photon resonance) or 2Ω_c (four-photon resonance). These excitations give rise to what we call cyclo-Raman scattering of laser light (of the first and second orders, respectively). Here we consider the feasibility of even higher-order cyclo-Raman excitations of an electron by laser radiation with frequencies ω₁, and ω₂ so that ω₁, − ω₂ ≈ nΩ_c, where n is an arbitrary integer.

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