Effects of laser pulse shape on forward Thomson scattering Jian Huang, Chun Jiang, Bai-Song Xie, Hai-Bo Sang, Li Zhao, Zhi-Jing Chen, Chong Lv, Feng Wan and Wei Cheng EPL, 124 3 (2018) 34005 Published online: 04 December 2018 DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/124/34005