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Review of laser-plasma physics research and applications in Korea

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Laser plasmas can be produced when high-power laser beams are focused in matter. A focused laser beam of TW(terawatt)-level high power has an extremely strong electric field, so neutral atoms are immediately ionized by the laser electric field, leading to a laser-produced plasma. The laser plasma can be produced by small table-top TW lasers based on the CPA (chirped-pulse amplification) technique, and now they are rather easily available even in university laboratories. In Korea, there are several CPA-based TW (or even petawatt) lasers in a few institutions, and they have been used for diverse laser plasma physics research and applications, including the laser acceleration for electrons and ions, high-power THz (tera-hertz) generation, advanced light sources, high-energy-density plasmas, plasma optics, etc. This paper reviews some of the laser plasma physics research and applications that have been performed in several universities and research institutes.

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source at PAL. a The 3D drawing shows the capillary, which is a one-body structure. The capillary has a hole diameter of 1 mm and 15 mm in length, and the overall size is 15 (wide) × 22 (height) × 20 (length) mm3. b Picture of the capillary with electrodes and gas feed lines installed on the PEEK base mount

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

    W. Bang, B. I. Cho, M. S. Cho, G. Kang, K. Kang, M. Kim, H. Lee, V. Phung, J. Song, J. Won & H. Suk

  2. Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, 37673, Korea

    M. H. Cho, C. Kim, M. S. Kim & I. Nam

  3. Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, 44919, Korea

    M. Chung, M. S. Hur, T. Kang, M. Kumar & H. S. Song

  4. Radiation Center for Ultrafast Science, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, 34057, Korea

    H. N. Kim, K. N. Kim, K. Lee & W. J. Ryu

  5. Electro-Medical Device Research Center, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, Ansan, 15588, Korea

    J. Kim

  6. Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul, 01812, Korea

    K. B. Kim

  7. Department of Accelerator Science, Korea University Sejong Campus, Sejong, 30019, Korea

    H. W. Lee, S. H. Park & S. Y. Shin

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Bang, W., Cho, B.I., Cho, M.H. et al. Review of laser-plasma physics research and applications in Korea. J. Korean Phys. Soc. 80, 698–716 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40042-021-00391-w

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Keywords

  • Basic laser-plasma physics
  • Laser plasma accelerator
  • Radiation source
  • High-energy-density plasma
  • Plasma optics