The field of laser-matter interaction traditionally deals with the response of atoms, molecules,
and plasmas to an external light wave. However, the recent sustained technological …

Experimental advances with laser intensities above 1 TW/cm 2, with pulse durations
between roughly 50 and 5 fs, have led to the discovery of new atomic effects that include …

Prolific electron-positron pair production is possible at laser intensities approaching 10 24 W
cm-2 at a wavelength of 1 μ m. An analysis of electron trajectories and interactions at the …

The current understanding of some important nonlinear collective processes in quantum
plasmas with degenerate electrons is presented. After reviewing the basic properties of …

Dense quantum plasmas are ubiquitous in planetary interiors and in compact astrophysical
objects (eg, the interior of white dwarf stars, in magnetars, etc.), in semiconductors and …

We show how bright, tabletop, fully coherent hard X-ray beams can be generated through
nonlinear upconversion of femtosecond laser light. By driving the high-order harmonic …

The results of Monte-Carlo simulations of electron-positron-photon cascades initiated by
slow electrons in circularly polarized fields of ultrahigh strength are presented and …

The fully nonlinear governing equations for spin-1 2 quantum plasmas are presented.
Starting from the Pauli equation, the relevant plasma equations are derived, and it is shown …

High-order harmonic generation due to the interaction of a short ultrarelativistic laser pulse
with overdense plasma is studied analytically and numerically. On the basis of the …

ELI-Beamlines (ELI-BL), one of the three pillars of the Extreme Light Infrastructure
endeavour, will be in a unique position to perform research in high-energy-density-physics …