Applications of Short-Pulse Laser-Matter Interactions

The following sections are included:

• Bench-Top Particle Accelerators

  • Electron acceleration

  • Fast ion sources

• Soft X-Ray Sources

  • Microscopy

  • EUV Lithography

• Hard X-Ray Flash Lamps

  • Biomedical imaging

  • Ultrafast probing of atomic structure

• Coherent XUV Radiation

• Advanced Fusion Concepts

• Laser Nuclear Physics

  • Fusion

  • Fission

• A Taste of Things to Come …