Optics in the relativistic regime

GA Mourou, T Tajima, SV Bulanov - Reviews of modern physics, 2006 - APS
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 …

High-order harmonics from laser-irradiated plasma surfaces

U Teubner, P Gibbon - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2009 - APS
The investigation of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) of femtosecond laser pulses by
means of laser-produced plasmas is surveyed. This kind of harmonic generation is an …

Kilotesla magnetic field due to a capacitor-coil target driven by high power laser

S Fujioka, Z Zhang, K Ishihara, K Shigemori… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Laboratory generation of strong magnetic fields opens new frontiers in plasma and beam
physics, astro-and solar-physics, materials science and atomic and molecular physics …

Record indoor magnetic field of 1200 T generated by electromagnetic flux-compression

D Nakamura, A Ikeda, H Sawabe… - Review of Scientific …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
A peak field of 1200 T was generated by the electromagnetic flux-compression (EMFC)
technique with a newly developed megagauss generator system. Magnetic fields closely up …

[HTML][HTML] P3: An installation for high-energy density plasma physics and ultra-high intensity laser–matter interaction at ELI-Beamlines

S Weber, S Bechet, S Borneis, L Brabec… - Matter and Radiation …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

Relativistic laser–plasma interactions

D Umstadter - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Probing the magnetic field of light at optical frequencies

M Burresi, D Van Oosten, T Kampfrath, H Schoenmaker… - Science, 2009 - science.org
Light is an electromagnetic wave composed of oscillating electric and magnetic fields, the
one never occurring without the other. In light-matter interactions at optical frequencies, the …

Extreme states of matter on Earth and in space

VE Fortov - Physics-Uspekhi, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Direct observation of turbulent magnetic fields in hot, dense laser produced plasmas

S Mondal, V Narayanan, WJ Ding… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Turbulence in fluids is a ubiquitous, fascinating, and complex natural phenomenon that is
not yet fully understood. Unraveling turbulence in high density, high temperature plasmas is …

Self-generated surface magnetic fields inhibit laser-driven sheath acceleration of high-energy protons

M Nakatsutsumi, Y Sentoku, A Korzhimanov… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
High-intensity lasers interacting with solid foils produce copious numbers of relativistic
electrons, which in turn create strong sheath electric fields around the target. The proton …