Abstract
We present calibrated measurements of single-photon Thomson scattering from free electrons driven by a laser with intensity . The measurements demonstrate that individual electrons radiate with the strength of point emitters, even when their wave packets spread to the scale of the driving-laser wavelength. The result agrees with predictions of quantum electrodynamics.
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