The rise time of intense radiation determines the maximum field strength atoms can be
exposed to before their polarizability dramatically drops due to the detachment of an outer …

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 …

Laser pulses with a power of 10 12 W and a duration of 10− 13 s were focused onto both
gas and solid targets. Strong emission of pulsed radiation at terahertz frequencies was …

The application of the chirped-pulse amplification technique to solid-state lasers combined
with the availability of broad-bandwidth materials has made possible the development of …

In this article, we review progress in the development of high peak-power ultrafast lasers,
and discuss in detail the design issues which determine the performance of these systems …

Nobel Lecture: Extreme light physics and application* Page 1 Nobel Lecture: Extreme light
physics and application * Gerard Mourou † Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex …

Optical guiding of intense laser pulses over a distance of more than 20 Rayleigh lengths in a
plasma is demonstrated using a two-pulse technique. The first pulse prepares a shock …

The interaction between high-intensity, ultrashort laser pulses and plasmas leads to the
emission of coherent, short-pulse radiation at terahertz frequencies. In this work we discuss …

The design and performance of a new type of high-efficiency diffraction grating for use in
either transmission or reflection are described. The gratings are produced in a multilayer …

We present a comprehensive report on recent experiments [Durfee and Milchberg, Phys.
Rev. Lett. 71, 2409 (1993); Durfee, Lynch, and Milchberg, Opt. Lett. 19, 1937 (1994)] in …