Title :
Relativistic nonlinear optics of ultra-intense light
Author_Institution :
Center for Ultrafact Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2001.948080
