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A: Fachverband Atomphysik

A 12: Posters: Interaction with intense laser pulses

A 12.14: Poster

Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 16:30–18:30, Poster C3

Double-Slit Light Diffraction in Strong Electromagnetic Fields — •Ben King, Antonino Di Piazza, and Christoph H. Keitel — Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg

In [1] the vacuum-polarisation effects of change in ellipticity and polarisation of a laser probe beam passing through an ultra-intense standing wave, were calculated. We further develop these results to increase the measurable polarisation and ellipticity, by calculating diffraction effects from the double-slit-like setup of two parallel and off-centre, gaussianly-focused, strong field waves propagating against each other. We move towards a measurable set-up through calculations of the off-axis effects on a focused probe beam, allowing alternative detection of these vacuum effects.

[1] A. Di Piazza, K. Z. Hatsagortsyan, and C. H. Keitel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083603 (2006)