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 …

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 …

In the 2015 review paper 'Petawatt Class Lasers Worldwide'a comprehensive overview of
the current status of high-power facilities of was presented. This was largely based on facility …

The use of ultra-high intensity laser beams to achieve extreme material states in the
laboratory has become almost routine with the development of the petawatt laser. Petawatt …

We report on a two-arm hybrid high-power laser system (HPLS) able to deliver 2× 10 PW
femtosecond pulses, developed at the Bucharest-Magurele Extreme Light Infrastructure …

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 …

A comprehensive treatment of ultrafast optics This book fills the need for a thorough and
detailed account of ultrafast optics. Written by one of the most preeminent researchers in the …

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 …

In this article, we review the phenomenon of dispersion, paying particular attention to its
impact in the optics of ultrashort pulses, as well as its measurement and management. At …

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 …