The petawatt (PW) laser has experienced a rapid development in the past two decades, and
tens of giant facilities have been constructed worldwide. After realizing 10–100 PW, it seems …

Ultrafast optics has undergone a revolution in the past two decades, driven by new methods
of pulse generation, amplification, manipulation, and measurement. We review the …

The properties of optical parametric amplifiers are presented to show that, in addition to their
use in providing tuneable pulses, they can form the critical component in systems generating …

We investigate analytically and experimentally various aspects of the angular chirp of
ultrashort laser pulses. This type of chirp is easily produced by slight misalignment of …

A misaligned stretcher or compressor in a chirped pulse amplification laser introduces
residual angular dispersion into the beam, resulting in temporal distortion of the pulse. We …

This paper presents some of the most important features of the Miro´ code, which is a laser
propagation program for high-peak-power laser setups. The main propagation models are …

Accurately characterizing the field of broadband optical pulses is required for develo**
new optical sources, performing successful experiments, and interpreting experimental …

The Petawatt Aquitaine Laser (PETAL) facility was designed and constructed by the French
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) as an additional PW …

Abstract Recently, several petawatt (PW, 10 15 W) lasers with pulse duration of∼ 20–30 fs
have been introduced throughout the world, pushing the upper limit on laser peak power …

The upcoming 100 Petawatt (PW) laser is going to provide a possibility to experimentally
study vacuum physics. Pulse compression and beam focusing, which can be affected by the …