The advent of ultraintense laser pulses generated by the technique of chirped pulse
amplification (CPA) along with the development of high-fluence laser materials has opened …

Recent advances in laser technology have pushed the frontier of maximum intensity
achieved to about 1022W/cm2 and investigators currently believe even higher intensities …

The amplification of laser light to generate powers large enough to affect the nucleus has
been the desire of scientists since the invention of the laser 40 years ago. Many lasers …

By focusing petawatt peak power laser light to intensities up to 10 21 W cm− 2, highly
relativistic plasmas can now be studied. The force exerted by light pulses with this extreme …

As tabletop lasers continue to reach record levels of peak power, the interaction of light with
matter has crossed a new threshold, in which plasma electrons at the laser focus oscillate at …

Following the birth of the laser in 1960, the field of" nonlinear optics" rapidly emerged.
Today, laser intensities and pulse durations are readily available, for which the concepts …

This paper provides an up-to-date review of the problems related to the generation,
detection and mitigation of strong electromagnetic pulses created in the interaction of high …

The interaction of short and intense laser pulses with plasmas is a very efficient source of
relativistic electrons with tunable properties. In low-density plasmas, we observed bunches …

This review is concerned with the results of studies into the behavior of substances at
ultimately high pressures and temperatures obtainable by way of kinetic or electromagnetic …

Outstanding progress has been made in high-power laser technology in the last 10 years
with laser powers reaching petawatt (PW) values. At present, there are 15 PW lasers built or …