Analytical Study of Pair Production Rate from Vacuum in an Elliptic Polarized Field by a Two-Level Transition Technique

Abstract

Electron-positron pair production rate created from vacuum in the presence of an elliptically polarized laser field is investigated. By applying the technique of two level transition amplitude, a routine for obtaining pair production rate is presented, and approximate analytical expressions are given both for the low frequency strong field regime and the high frequency weak field regime. We found that for an elliptically polarized field, the electron-positron pair production rate decrease when the elliptic eccentricity increase in the high frequency weak field regime, however, in the low frequency strong field regime, there is almost the same electron-positron pair production rate as in the constant electric field case.