The formula for the ponderomotive energy can be easily derived. A free particle of charge interacts with an electric field . The force on the charged particle is
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The acceleration of the particle is
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Because the electron executes harmonic motion, the particle's position is
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For a particle experiencing harmonic motion, the time-averaged energy is
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In laser physics, this is called the ponderomotive energy .
ponderomotive, energy, strong, field, laser, physics, ponderomotive, energy, cycle, averaged, quiver, energy, free, electron, electromagnetic, field, contents, equation, atomic, units, derivation, also, references, notesequation, editthe, ponderomotive, energy. In strong field laser physics ponderomotive energy is the cycle averaged quiver energy of a free electron in an electromagnetic field 1 Contents 1 Equation 1 1 Atomic units 2 Derivation 3 See also 4 References and notesEquation editThe ponderomotive energy is given by U p e 2 E 2 4 m w 0 2 displaystyle U p e 2 E 2 over 4m omega 0 2 nbsp where e displaystyle e nbsp is the electron charge E displaystyle E nbsp is the linearly polarised electric field amplitude w 0 displaystyle omega 0 nbsp is the laser carrier frequency and m displaystyle m nbsp is the electron mass In terms of the laser intensity I displaystyle I nbsp using I c ϵ 0 E 2 2 displaystyle I c epsilon 0 E 2 2 nbsp it reads less simply U p e 2 I 2 c ϵ 0 m w 0 2 2 e 2 c ϵ 0 m I 4 w 0 2 displaystyle U p e 2 I over 2c epsilon 0 m omega 0 2 2e 2 over c epsilon 0 m cdot I over 4 omega 0 2 nbsp where ϵ 0 displaystyle epsilon 0 nbsp is the vacuum permittivity For typical orders of magnitudes involved in laser physics this becomes U p e V 9 33 I 10 14 W c m 2 l m m 2 displaystyle U p mathrm eV 9 33 cdot I 10 14 mathrm W cm 2 cdot lambda mathrm mu m 2 nbsp 2 where the laser wavelength is l 2 p c w 0 displaystyle lambda 2 pi c omega 0 nbsp and c displaystyle c nbsp is the speed of light The units are electronvolts eV watts W centimeters cm and micrometers mm Atomic units edit In atomic units e m 1 displaystyle e m 1 nbsp ϵ 0 1 4 p displaystyle epsilon 0 1 4 pi nbsp a c 1 displaystyle alpha c 1 nbsp where a 1 137 displaystyle alpha approx 1 137 nbsp If one uses the atomic unit of electric field 3 then the ponderomotive energy is just U p E 2 4 w 0 2 displaystyle U p frac E 2 4 omega 0 2 nbsp Derivation editThe formula for the ponderomotive energy can be easily derived A free particle of charge q displaystyle q nbsp interacts with an electric field E cos w t displaystyle E cos omega t nbsp The force on the charged particle is F q E cos w t displaystyle F qE cos omega t nbsp The acceleration of the particle is a m F m q E m cos w t displaystyle a m F over m qE over m cos omega t nbsp Because the electron executes harmonic motion the particle s position is x a w 2 q E m w 2 cos w t q m w 2 2 I 0 c ϵ 0 cos w t displaystyle x a over omega 2 frac qE m omega 2 cos omega t frac q m omega 2 sqrt frac 2I 0 c epsilon 0 cos omega t nbsp For a particle experiencing harmonic motion the time averaged energy is U 1 2 m w 2 x 2 q 2 E 2 4 m w 2 displaystyle U textstyle frac 1 2 m omega 2 langle x 2 rangle q 2 E 2 over 4m omega 2 nbsp In laser physics this is called the ponderomotive energy U p displaystyle U p nbsp See also editPonderomotive force Electric constant Harmonic generation List of laser articlesReferences and notes edit Highly Excited Atoms By J P Connerade p 339 https www phys ksu edu personal cdlin class class11a amo2 atomic units pdf bare URL PDF CODATA Value atomic unit of electric field nbsp This physics related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ponderomotive energy amp oldid 1149632102, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,