抄録
We review on recent progress in experimental studies of laser-assisted electron scattering (LAES)
induced by femtosecond laser fields. Theoretical backgrounds of the LAES process are briefly surveyed,
and earlier experimental studies of LAES processes induced by cw- and pulsed-CO2 laser fields are
introduced. Our experimental setup designed for measurements of femtosecond-LAES is described.
The recent experimental results of energy spectra and angular distributions of the LAES by Xe atoms are
also presented with corresponding results of numerical simulations with and without a light-dressing
effect of target atoms. In addition, a novel technique of laser-assisted electron diffraction (LAED) is
introduced as an application of the LAES process, and our recent experimental demonstration of the
LAED method is presented.
