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Science 13 May 1994:
Vol. 264. no. 5161, pp. 917 - 924
DOI: 10.1126/science.264.5161.917
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Terawatt to Petawatt Subpicosecond Lasers

Michael D. Perry 1 and Gerard Mourou 2

1 Laser Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, L-493, Livermore, CA 94551, USA.
2 Center for Ultrafast Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

The application of the chirped-pulse amplification technique to solid-state lasers combined with the availability of broad-bandwidth materials has made possible the development of small-scale terawatt and now even petawatt (1000-terawatt) laser systems. The laser technology used to produce these intense pulses and examples of new phenomena resulting from the application of these systems to atomic and plasma physics are described.


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