Laser-wakefield accelerators (LWFAs) were proposed more than three decades ago, and
while they promise to deliver compact, high energy particle accelerators, they will also …

Relativistic interaction of short-pulse lasers with underdense plasmas has recently led to the
emergence of a novel generation of femtosecond x-ray sources. Based on radiation from …

Intense lasers enable generating high-energy particle beams in university-scale
laboratories. With the direct laser acceleration (DLA) method, the leading part of the laser …

Laser-driven plasma-based accelerators, which are capable of supporting fields in excess of
100 GV∕ m, are reviewed. This includes the laser wakefield accelerator, the plasma beat …

This book is on inertial confinement fusion, an alternative way to produce electrical power
from hydrogen fuel by using powerful lasers or particle beams. It involves the compression of …

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 …

Particle accelerators are used in a wide variety of fields, ranging from medicine and biology
to high-energy physics. The accelerating fields in conventional accelerators are limited to a …

We use three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations to study laser wake field acceleration
(LWFA) at highly relativistic laser intensities. We observe ultra-short electron bunches …

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

The Review covers recent progress in laser-matter interaction at intensities above 10 18 W
cm− 2. At these intensities electrons swing in the laser pulse with relativistic energies. The …