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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/JOSK.2008.12.3.178

High Power Lasers and Their New Applications  

Izawa, Yasukazu (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University)
Miyanaga, Noriaki (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University)
Kawanaka, Junji (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University)
Yamakawa, Koichi (Advanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency Umemidai)
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Journal of the Optical Society of Korea / v.12, no.3, 2008 , pp. 178-185 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recent progress in high power lasers enables us to access a regime of high-energy-density and/or ultra-strong fields that was not accessible before, opening up a fundamentally new physical domain which includes laboratory astrophysics and laser nuclear physics. In this article, new applications of high-energy and ultra-intense laser will be reviewed.
Keywords
high power lasers; advanced lasers; laser fusion; high-energy density science; relativistic plasma; laser generation of energetic particles; laser driven nuclear processes;
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