Title :
The Exawatt laser: from relativistic to ultra relativistic optics
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Opt. Appl., Palaiseau
Abstract :
We will describe the European Extreme Light Infrastructure project (ELI) dedicated to the fundamental study of laser-matter interaction in a new and unsurpassed regime of laser intensity: the ultra-relativistic regime. These investigations will rely on the development of an exawatt-class laser ~100-1000 times more powerful than either the Laser Megajoule in France or the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in the US.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beam applications; laser beam effects; lasers; quantum optics; exawatt laser; laser matter interaction; relativistic optics; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Biomedical optical imaging; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Nuclear electronics; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4387077
