Relativistic nonlinear optics of ultra-intense light

Author

Umstadter, D.

Author_Institution

Center for Ultrafact Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

488

Lastpage

489

Abstract

Summary form only given. When a terawatt-peak-power laser is focused to high intensity into a plasma, electrons quiver at velocities close to the speed of light (c) in the laser´s transverse oscillating electromagnetic field, giving rise to novel effects in a new regime of nonlinear optics.

Keywords

Lorentz transformation; cancer; high-speed optical techniques; ion beams; nonlinear optics; optical focusing; plasma production by laser; radiation therapy; Lorentz equation; electric field amplitude; electron charge; electron quivering; electron rest mass; high intensity; laser light frequency; laser plasma; natural scaling parameter; nonlinear optics; nonlinearity; normalized vector potential; plasma; relativistic electron mass; relativistic nonlinear optics; speed of light; terawatt-peak-power laser focusing; transverse oscillating electromagnetic field; ultra-intense light; Chemical lasers; Electrons; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Plasma measurements; Plasma waves; Probes; Refractive index; Silicon compounds; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.948080

Filename

948080