By stretching, amplifying and then compressing laser pulses, one can reach petawatt powers, gigagauss magnetic fields, terabar light pressures and 1022 m/s2 electron acceleration.
Contents
- Evolution of laser peak power
- Chipped pulse amplification
- Pulse generation and characterization
- Ultrahigh-intensity applications
- Electron acceleration
- Self-focusing
- harmonic generation
- ICF fast ignitor
- Astrophysics
- Quantum electrodynamics
- References