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Ion acceleration and extreme light field generation based on ultra-short and ultra–intense lasers

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Light-matter interaction is always one of the most critical topics in physics. Thanks to the invention of laser and development of laser technology [1–3], the light intensity has been enormously increased. Nowadays laser pulses with duration at the level of femtosecond (fs, 10−15 s) and peak intensity as high as 1022 W/cm2 are available in laboratories. The laser field is so strong, way beyond the electric field inside atoms, that matter will be ionized immediately after being irradiated.

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Ji, L. (2014). Introduction. In: Ion acceleration and extreme light field generation based on ultra-short and ultra–intense lasers. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54007-3_1

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