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 …

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 …

This book represents the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, covering the
theoretical principles, present experimental status and important applications of short-pulse …

Structured light refers to the ability to tailor optical patterns in all its degrees of freedom, from
conventional 2D transverse patterns to exotic forms of 3D, 4D, and even higher-dimensional …

Spin polarization of an ultrarelativistic electron beam head-on colliding with an ultraintense
laser pulse is investigated in the quantum radiation-dominated regime. We develop a Monte …

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

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 …

Generation of circularly polarized (CP) and linearly polarized (LP) γ rays via the single-shot
interaction of an ultraintense laser pulse with a spin-polarized counterpropagating …

Accelerating particles to relativistic energies over very short distances using lasers has been
a long-standing goal in physics. Among the various schemes proposed for electrons …

The growth rates of seeded QED cascades in counterpropagating lasers are calculated with
first-principles two-and three-dimensional QED-PIC (particle-in-cell) simulations. The …