Dense pair plasma generation by two laser pulses colliding in a cylinder channel
Liu Jian-Xun1, 2, Ma Yan-Yun1, 3, 4, †, Yu Tong-Pu1, 3, ‡, Zhao Jun1, Yang Xiao-Hu1, Zou De-Bin1, Zhang Guo-Bo1, Zhao Yuan1, Yang Jing-Kang1, Li Han-Zhen1, Zhuo Hong-Bin1, Shao Fu-Qiu1, Kawata Shigeo5
       

(color online) Schematics of two circularly polarized laser pulses colliding in a cylinder channel. Electrons are firstly extracted out of the cylinder inner wall and accelerated to high energy by the laser pulse (a), and then radiate high energy gamma photons in the counter-propagating pulse via the Compton back-scattering process (b). The radiated photons further interact with the laser photons to generate copious positrons (c).