Light Intensification towards the Schwinger Limit
Abstract
A method to generate ultrahigh intense electromagnetic fields is suggested, based on the laser pulse compression, carrier frequency upshift, and focusing by a counterpropagating breaking plasma wave, relativistic flying parabolic mirror. This method allows us to achieve the quantum electrodynamics critical field (Schwinger limit) with present-day laser systems.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- August 2003
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2003PhRvL..91h5001B
- Keywords:
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- 52.38.-r;
- 52.27.Ny;
- 52.65.Rr;
- Laser-plasma interactions;
- Relativistic plasmas;
- Particle-in-cell method