Prospects of relativistic flying mirrors for ultra-high-field science

0566191 - FZÚ 2023 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Kando, M. - Pirozhkov, A.S. - Koga, J.K. - Esirkepov, T.Z. - Bulanov, Sergey V.
Prospects of relativistic flying mirrors for ultra-high-field science.
Photonics. Roč. 9, č. 11 (2022), č. článku 862. E-ISSN 2304-6732
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT EF15_003/0000449
Grant - others:OP VVV - HiFi(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000449
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : intense laser * high-field science * laser plasma * laser wake wave * QED critical field
OECD category: Atomic, molecular and chemical physics (physics of atoms and molecules including collision, interaction with radiation, magnetic resonances, Mössbauer effect)
Impact factor: 2.4, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access

Recent progress of high-peak-power lasers makes researchers envisage ultra-high-field science, however, the current or near future facilities will not be strong enough to reach the vacuum breakdown intensity, i.e., the Schwinger field. To address this difficulty, a relativistic flying mirror (RFM) technology is proposed to boost the focused intensity by double the Doppler effect of an incoming laser pulse. We review the principle, theoretical, and experimental progress of the RFM, as well as its prospects.

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