When Multipetawatt Lasers Strike! The Physics and Applications of Laser Beams Hitting Solids
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2020-12-07 16:34
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Cranfield University
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Morris, Stuart (2020). When Multipetawatt Lasers Strike! The Physics and Applications of Laser Beams Hitting Solids. Cranfield Online Research Data (CORD). Presentation. https://doi.org/10.17862/cranfield.rd.13341905.v1
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When we talk about extremely powerful lasers, it's easy to conjure up images of spies strapped to tables, Sci-Fi guns and planet destroyers, but facts are often stranger than fiction. Modern lasers on the intensity frontier are capable of focussing huge amounts of light energy into tiny, micron-scale focal spots over less than a trillionth of a second in duration - creating an incredibly high energy density. When such a pulse strikes something solid, we end up with a bright flash of X-rays, ion beams and even antimatter can be generated in the extreme fields - but how? And what applications can such exotic particles provide?
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'DSDS20 3MT', 'DSDS20', 'Laser', 'Solid', 'X-Ray', 'Lasers and Quantum Electronics'
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10.17862/cranfield.rd.13341905.v1
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