Laser physics: Extreme light Export

@article{Nature2007EdGerstner, abstract = {Rapid progress in the development of high-intensity laser systems has extended our ability to study light–matter interactions far into the relativistic domain, in which electrons are driven to velocities close to the speed of light. As well as being of fundamental interest in their own right, these interactions enable the generation of high-energy particle beams that are short, bright and have good spatial quality. Along with steady improvements in the size, cost and repetition rate of high-intensity lasers, the unique characteristics of laser-driven particle beams are expected to be useful for a wide range of contexts, including proton therapy for the treatment of cancers, materials characterization, radiation-driven chemistry, border security through the detection of explosives, narcotics and other dangerous substances, and of course high-energy particle physics. Here, we review progress that has been made towards realizing such possibilities and the principles that underlie them.}, author = {Gerstner, Ed}, citeulike-article-id = {1135011}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/446016a}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/446016a}, day = {28}, doi = {10.1038/446016a}, issn = {0028-0836}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {extreme-light, lwfa, wakefield-acceleration}, month = {February}, number = {7131}, pages = {16--18}, posted-at = {2008-09-30 22:30:34}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Laser physics: Extreme light}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/446016a}, volume = {446}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - Nature2007EdGerstner L3 - citeulike-article-id:1135011 N2 - Rapid progress in the development of high-intensity laser systems has extended our ability to study light–matter interactions far into the relativistic domain, in which electrons are driven to velocities close to the speed of light. As well as being of fundamental interest in their own right, these interactions enable the generation of high-energy particle beams that are short, bright and have good spatial quality. Along with steady improvements in the size, cost and repetition rate of high-intensity lasers, the unique characteristics of laser-driven particle beams are expected to be useful for a wide range of contexts, including proton therapy for the treatment of cancers, materials characterization, radiation-driven chemistry, border security through the detection of explosives, narcotics and other dangerous substances, and of course high-energy particle physics. Here, we review progress that has been made towards realizing such possibilities and the principles that underlie them. IS - 7131 JF - Nature SN - 0028-0836 EP - 18 TI - Laser physics: Extreme light PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 446 SP - 16 KW - extreme-light KW - lwfa KW - wakefield-acceleration AU - Gerstner, Ed PY - 2007/02/28/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/446016a ER -