Sensitiveness of axial magnetic field on electron acceleration by a radially polarized laser pulse in vacuum

Abstract

We examine the electron acceleration by a radially polarized (RP) laser pulse in vacuum under influence of an intense axial magnetic field. The electron while interaction with a RP laser pulse gets accelerated with high energy gain. The attained energy gain further enhanced up-to the order of GeV with an intense RP laser pulse. We observe a significant enhancement in energy gain in the presence of an intense axial magnetic field in the direction of propagation of laser pulse. The presence of axial magnetic field improves the strength of v→×B→ force which supports the retaining of betatron resonance for longer durations. This improves the electron acceleration with an enhanced energy gain up to 5.2GeV. It is noticed that the axial magnetic field is sensitive to electron acceleration, small change in magnetic field leads to enhance electron energy gain significantly. Our results also show relatively smaller scattering of the electrons in the presence of axial magnetic field.