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Generation and characterization of the highest laser intensities (10(22) W/cm2).
S.-W. Bahk,Pascal Rousseau,Thomas A. Planchon,Vladimir Chvykov,Galina Kalintchenko,Anatoly Maksimchuk,Gerard Mourou,V. Yanovsky +7 more
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In this paper, a record peak intensity of 0.7×1022 W/cm2 was achieved by focusing a 45-TW laser beam with an f/0.6 off-axis paraboloid.Abstract:
We generated a record peak intensity of 0.7×1022 W/cm2 by focusing a 45-TW laser beam with an f/0.6 off-axis paraboloid. The aberrations of the paraboloid and the low-energy reference laser beam were measured and corrected, and a focal spot size of 0.8 µm was achieved. It is shown that the peak intensity can be increased to 1.0×1022 W/cm2 by correction of the wave front of a 45-TW beam relative to the reference beam. The phase and amplitude measurement provides for an efficient full characterization of the focal field.read more
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Optics in the relativistic regime
TL;DR: In this paper, a number of consequences of relativistic-strength optical fields are surveyed, including wakefield generation, a relativistically version of optical rectification, in which longitudinal field effects could be as large as the transverse ones.
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Nonlinear collective effects in photon-photon and photon-plasma interactions
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Review of laser-driven ion sources and their applications.
TL;DR: The historical background including the early laser-matter interaction studies on energetic ion acceleration relevant to inertial confinement fusion is reviewed and several implemented and proposed mechanisms of proton and/or ion acceleration driven by ultra-short high-intensity lasers are described.
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Petawatt and exawatt class lasers worldwide
Colin N. Danson,Constantin Haefner,Jake Bromage,Thomas Butcher,Jean-Christophe Chanteloup,Enam Chowdhury,Almantas Galvanauskas,Leonida A. Gizzi,Joachim Hein,David Hillier,Nicholas Hopps,Yoshiaki Kato,Efim A. Khazanov,Ryosuke Kodama,Georg Korn,Ruxin Li,Yutong Li,Jens Limpert,Jingui Ma,Chang Hee Nam,David Neely,Dimitrios Papadopoulos,Rory R. Penman,Liejia Qian,Jorge J. Rocca,Andrey Shaykin,Craig W. Siders,Christopher Spindloe,Sándor Szatmári,Raoul Trines,Jianqiang Zhu,Ping Zhu,Jonathan D. Zuegel +32 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a comprehensive update of the current status of ultra-high-power lasers and demonstrate how the technology has developed, and what technologies are to be deployed to get to these new regimes, and some critical issues facing their development.
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Petawatt class lasers worldwide
TL;DR: The use of ultra-high intensity laser beams to achieve extreme material states in the laboratory has become almost routine with the development of the petawatt laser as mentioned in this paper, which has been constructed for specific research activities, including particle acceleration, inertial confinement fusion and radiation therapy.
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Wave-front correction of femtosecond terawatt lasers by deformable mirrors.
Frédéric Druon,Gilles Chériaux,Jérôme Faure,John Nees,M. Nantel,Anatoly Maksimchuk,Gerard Mourou,Jean-Christophe Chanteloup,Gleb Vdovin +8 more
TL;DR: Wave-front correction and focal spot improvement of femtosecond laser beams have been achieved with a deformable mirror with an on-line single-shot three-wave lateral shearing interferometer diagnostic and it is demonstrated that having a focal spot close to the diffraction limit does not constitute a good criterion for the quality of the laser in terms of peak intensity.
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Coherent Electron Acceleration by Subcycle Laser Pulses
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