For many years, laser-driven ion acceleration, mainly proton acceleration, has been
proposed and a number of proof-of-principle experiments have been carried out with lasers …

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 …

This report presents the conceptual design of a new European research infrastructure
EuPRAXIA. The concept has been established over the last four years in a unique …

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 …

Laser-plasma wakefield accelerators have seen tremendous progress, now capable of
producing quasi-monoenergetic electron beams in the GeV energy range with few …

The extraordinary ability of space-charge waves in plasmas to accelerate charged particles
at gradients that are orders of magnitude greater than in current accelerators has been well …

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

A method, which utilizes the large difference in ionization potentials between successive
ionization states of trace atoms, for injecting electrons into a laser-driven wakefield is …