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Ultra-high intensity lasers as tools for novel physics

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Ultra-high intensity lasers can provide excellent tools for investigating novel physical phenomena due to extreme laser fields. The intensity of an ultra-high intensity laser exceeded 1023 W/cm2, and with this unprecedented intensity, the exploration of strong-field physics and laboratory astrophysics can be pursued. In this paper, we review the fundamentals and progress of chirped pulse amplification and optical parametric chirped pulse amplification lasers to generate ultra-high intensity. In addition, we introduce next-generation lasers and key technologies for realizing extreme intensities.

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The work was supported by the Institute for Basic Science, South Korea under the project code, IBS-R012- D1, the Ultrashort Quantum Beam Facility (UQBF) operation program (140011) through APRI, GIST, and the GIST Research Institute (GRI) grant funded by the GIST in 2021.

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    Jin Woo Yoon, Jae Hee Sung, Seong Ku Lee, Hwang Woon Lee & Chang Hee Nam

  2. Advanced Photonics Research Institute, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Korea

    Jin Woo Yoon, Jae Hee Sung & Seong Ku Lee

  3. Department of Physics and Photon Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Korea

    Chang Hee Nam

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Yoon, J.W., Sung, J.H., Lee, S.K. et al. Ultra-high intensity lasers as tools for novel physics. J. Korean Phys. Soc. 81, 562–569 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40042-022-00411-3

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