Abstract
The dynamics of a single electron passing in vacuum through the intersection region of two crossed laser beams is investigated by means of the solution of the relativistic Hamilton–Jacobi equation. Considering one of the radiation fields as a perturbation the energy change of a single electron is derived without any restrictions on the problem's geometry and waves’ polarizations. It is shown that the additional Doppler shift conditioned by laser drift makes the resonance condition become dependent on the intensity of powerful laser radiation. In particular, by means of analytic investigations and numerical illustrations a new possibility of experimental observation of laser drift is suggested in the case of counter-propagating circularly polarized electromagnetic waves. We also consider angular and polarization asymmetries of the electron's interaction with counter-propagating laser beams.
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