Efficient guiding and focusing of intense laser pulse using periodic thin slits

L. Xu; T. W. Huang; K. Jiang; C. N. Wu; H. Peng; P. Chen; R. Li; H. B. Zhuo; C. T. Zhou

doi:10.1063/5.0192396

Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 9, Issue 4, 047203(2024)

Efficient guiding and focusing of intense laser pulse using periodic thin slits

L. Xu, T. W. Huang^a), K. Jiang, C. N. Wu, H. Peng, P. Chen, R. Li, H. B. Zhuo, and C. T. Zhou

Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ultraintense Laser and Advanced Material Technology, Center for Intense Laser Application Technology, and College of Engineering Physics, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, People’s Republic of China

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Received: Dec. 19, 2023

Accepted: Apr. 6, 2024

Published Online: Aug. 13, 2024

The Author Email: T. W. Huang (taiwu.huang@sztu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1063/5.0192396

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

Laser physics

laser manufacturing

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