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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 2, Issue 6, 066009(2023)

Coherently tiled Ti:sapphire laser amplification: a way to break the 10 petawatt limit on current ultraintense lasers On the Cover

Yanqi Liu1,2、†, Keyang Liu1,3, Zhaoyang Li1,2、*, Yuxin Leng1、*, and Ruxin Li1,2,4、*
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  • 1Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai, China
  • 2Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai, China
  • 3Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Center for Attosecond Science and Technology, Xi’an, China
  • 4ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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    Yanqi Liu, Keyang Liu, Zhaoyang Li, Yuxin Leng, Ruxin Li. Coherently tiled Ti:sapphire laser amplification: a way to break the 10 petawatt limit on current ultraintense lasers[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2023, 2(6): 066009

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Aug. 24, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 7, 2023

    Published Online: Dec. 25, 2023

    The Author Email: Li Zhaoyang (lizy@zjlab.ac.cn), Leng Yuxin (lengyuxin@siom.ac.cn), Li Ruxin (ruxinli@mail.siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1117/1.APN.2.6.066009

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