High Power Laser Facilities at the Kansai Photon Science Institute
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. PW Laser Facility J-KAREN-P
2.1. Ultrashort High-Peak-Power Laser J-KAREN-P
2.2. Relativistic Plasma Experiment at Interaction Chamber Room
2.2.1. Laser Beam Characterization
2.2.2. Short-F Chamber
2.2.3. Long-F Chamber
2.3. Planned and Possible Experiments
3. X-ray Laser Facility
4. High-Repetition-Rate, High-Peak-Power Laser Systems and Their Applications
5. Summary
Conflicts of Interest
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Kondo, K.; Utsumi, W.; Kando, M.; Nishikino, M.; Itakura, R.; Kiriyama, H. High Power Laser Facilities at the Kansai Photon Science Institute. Quantum Beam Sci. 2017, 1, 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs1010007
Kondo K, Utsumi W, Kando M, Nishikino M, Itakura R, Kiriyama H. High Power Laser Facilities at the Kansai Photon Science Institute. Quantum Beam Science. 2017; 1(1):7. https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs1010007
Chicago/Turabian StyleKondo, Kiminori, Wataru Utsumi, Masaki Kando, Masaharu Nishikino, Ryuji Itakura, and Hiromitsu Kiriyama. 2017. "High Power Laser Facilities at the Kansai Photon Science Institute" Quantum Beam Science 1, no. 1: 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs1010007