Gerard Mourou

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that threshold fluence does not decrease with increasing doping concentration and its dependence on wavelength is weak, with photon energies above or below bandgap, indicating that impact ionization is the dominating mechanism.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used TPI for the examination of cultural heritage artifacts, including wall paintings and fresco paintings, from a neolithic excavation site in Catalhoyuk, Turkey, and specimens measured at the medieval Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste in Vif, France.

TL;DR: In this article, high order harmonic emission up to the 18th order was characterized using high rep rate mJ level laser pulses at relativistic intensities, and the harmonic divergence was found to be less than 4° (full width at half-maximum) at highest intensity and increased as the laser was defocused (i.e. as the intensity was reduced).

TL;DR: In this article, a Nd:glass laser based on a novel design delivers up to 120 J energy pulses with a quasi-flat-top spatial profile at a 0.1 Hz repetition rate.