Optics in Relativistic Plasmas

该计划集中在相对论等离子体光学的实验研究所产生的超短激光脉冲通过气体介质的传播。 脉冲达到超过1019瓦特/厘米2的强度，从而进入一个新的制度的高场激光物质相互作用，可以达到在桌面上的安排。 这项工作将利用超快光学科学中心的激光技术，并得到NSF/DoE基础等离子体科学与工程合作伙伴关系的支持。

This program concentrates on an experimental study of the optics of relativistic plasmas produced by the propagation of an ultrashort laser pulse through a gaseous medium. The pulse reaches intensities exceeding 1019 Watt/cm2, thus entering a new regime of high-field laser-matter interactions that can be attained in a table-top arrangement. The work will take advantage of the laser technology of the Center for Ultrafast Optical Science and is supported through the NSF/DoE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering.