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We study the physics of the interactions of ultra-intense and ultrashort-pulse-duration light with plasmas, using the highest laser fields ever produced in the laboratory.  Scientific applications include relativistic nonlinear optics and ultrafast science. Technological applications include compact sources of ultrashort-duration x rays or energetic particles.
 
Relativistic Thomson Scattering Nature Cover 17.12.98
Laser-Driven Ion Accelerator
Laser-Driven Electron Accelerator
Extreme Light (in Scientific American)
Trapping Relativistic Electrons
Highest peak-power-rate laser in U.S.
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