Compton scattering of optical photons on 6.0-GeV electrons has been observed at the Cambridge Electron Accelerator. A giant-pulsed ruby-laser burst of 0.2 J, impinging upon a 2-mA circulating electron current, was observed to yield about 8 scattered photons per pulse. These photons acquire, through a twofold Doppler shift, energies of hundred of MeV, and are expected to retain to a high degree the polarization of the laser beam. The observed yield is compatible with predictions based upon the theory of Compton scattering.
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