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On the design of experiments for the study of relativistic nonlinear optics in the limit of single-cycle pulse duration and single-wavelength spot size

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We propose a set of experiments with the aim of studying for the first time relativistic nonlinear optics in the fundamental limits of single-cycle pulse duration and single-wavelength spot size. The laser system that makes this work possible is now operating at the Center for Ultrafast Optical Science at the University of Michigan. Its high repetition rate (1 kHz) will make it possible to perform a detailed investigation of relativistic effects in this novel regime. This study has the potential to make the field of relativistic optics accessible to a wider community and to open the door for real-world applications of relativistic optics, such as electron/ion acceleration and neutron and positron production.

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  1. Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    G. Mourou, Z. Chang, A. Maksimchuk & J. Nees

  2. Institute of General Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    S. V. Bulanov & N. M. Naumova

  3. Lebedev Institute of Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    V. Yu. Bychenkov

  4. Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Institutskii per. 9, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow oblast, 141700, Russia

    T. Zh. Esirkepov

  5. University of Pisa and National Institute for Physics of Matter, Pisa, Italy

    F. Pegoraro

  6. Max Born Institute, Berlin, Germany

    H. Ruhl

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From Fizika Plazmy, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2002, pp. 14–31.

Original English Text Copyright © 2002 by Mourou, Chang, Maksimchuk, Nees, Bulanov, Bychenkov, Esirkepov, Naumova, Pegoraro, Ruhl.

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Mourou, G., Chang, Z., Maksimchuk, A. et al. On the design of experiments for the study of relativistic nonlinear optics in the limit of single-cycle pulse duration and single-wavelength spot size. Plasma Phys. Rep. 28, 12–27 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1434292

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