Plasma Optics
Plasmas present a unique possibility to generate and manipulate high-power coherent light. As they are not subject to a damage threshold like standard optical materials, they can handle much higher fluences. Plasmas can be used in a controlled way to affect the properties of laser pulses such as intensity, duration, spectrum etc. They can be used to tailor laser pulses for specific secondary applications.
This special issue aims at presenting recent research in the field and is open to all aspects of plasma optics: experiment, technology, theory and simulation.
Topics covered include, but are not limited to:
- Generation and amplification of short laser pulses
- Plasma gratings for high-power beams
- Plasma mirrors for focusing and contrast enhancement
- Plasma photonics in the widest sense
- Plasmas as diagnostic tool
Guest Editors
Caterina RICONDA, LULI, France
Stefan WEBER, ELI-BL, Czech Republic
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