Ultrarelativistic Electron-Beam Polarization in Single-Shot Interaction with an Ultraintense Laser Pulse

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Abstract
Spin polarization of an ultrarelativistic electron beam head-on colliding with an ultraintense laser pulse is investigated in the quantum radiation-dominated regime. We develop a Monte Carlo method to model electron radiative spin effects in arbitrary electromagnetic fields by employing spin-resolved radiation probabilities in the local constant field approximation. Because of spin-dependent radiation reaction, the applied elliptically polarized laser pulse polarizes the initially unpolarized electron beam and splits it along the propagation direction into two oppositely transversely polarized parts with a splitting angle of about tens of milliradians. Thus, a dense electron beam with above 70% polarization can be generated in tensof femtoseconds with realistic laser pulses. The proposed method demonstrates a way for relativistic electron beam polarization with currently achievable laser facilities.
Funding Information
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (11874295, 11804269)
  • Science Challenge Project of China (TZ2016099)
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFA0404801)

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