TERAWATT TO PETAWATT SUBPICOSECOND LASERS

被引:989
作者
PERRY, MD [1 ]
MOUROU, G [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MICHIGAN,CTR ULTRAFAST SCI,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
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10.1126/science.264.5161.917
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The application of the chirped-pulse amplification technique to solid-state lasers combined with the availability of broad-bandwidth materials has made possible the development of small-scale terawatt and now even petawatt (1000-terawatt) laser systems. The laser technology used to produce these intense pulses and examples of new phenomena resulting from the application of these systems to atomic and plasma physics are described.
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