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When Einstein’s discovery of the stimulated emission was realised in the laser in 1960, a new chapter in physics was opened up. The ability to concentrate electromagnetic energy spatially into the range of the wave lengths, and temporally to the oscillation time of light (including x-rays), has permitted the concentration of light to an intensity 24 orders of magnitude higher than that of sunlight falling on earth and to energy densities of MeV/atom in solid state densities.
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Edward Teller Lecture delivered at the occasion of the award of the EDWARD TELLER MEDAL FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN FUSION ENERGY, Monterey Cf.12 November 1991
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Hora, H. (1992). New Basic Physics Derived from Laser Plasma Interaction. In: Miley, G.H., Hora, H. (eds) Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3324-5_3
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