Could massive arrays of thousands of fibre lasers be the driving force behind next-generation particle accelerators? The International Coherent Amplification Network project believes so and is currently performing a feasibility study.
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Mourou, G., Brocklesby, B., Tajima, T. et al. The future is fibre accelerators. Nature Photon 7, 258–261 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2013.75
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