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Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction -- 2. Ultrashort intenselasers -- 2.1. Short pulse generation and amplification methods -- 2.2. Characterization and manipulation of ultrashort lasers -- 2.3. Laser focus control techniques

3. Instrumentations for laser-plasma interaction with ultra-intense lasers -- 3.1. Vacuum systems -- 3.2. Optical systems -- 3.3. Target systems -- 3.4. Detection systems

4. Laser particle accelerators -- 4.1. Relativistic laser-plasma interactions -- 4.2. Laser electron acceleration -- 4.3. Particle-in-cell simulation method for laser particle accelerations -- 4.4. Laser ion acceleration

5. Radiation sources from laser-plasma interactions -- 5.1. High-order harmonics -- 5.2. X-ray lasers based on laser plasma -- 5.3. Betatron radiation -- 5.4. Other radiation sources

6. Applications of laser-plasma sources -- 6.1. Secondary sources from intense lasers and their applications -- 6.2. Applications of particle and radiation sources by relativistic laser-plasma interactions.

This book will describe the laser-plasma interactions mostly driven by ultra-short ultra-intense lasers, including electron acceleration, ion acceleration, and generation of radiations. Laser-plasma particle acceleration and radiation sources are intensively pursued due to their possibility to overcome the current limitation of linear accelerators and synchrotron sources. Currently, the operation of large-scale laser facilities, such as three pillars of extreme light infrastructure (ELI) in Europe, facilitates the investigation of laser-plasma interactions in new regimes. Therefore, the demand for comprehensive studying material to enter the research area of modern laser-plasma interactions is getting high, but there are not many books on this topic. This book can be beneficial for students and young scientists to understand the principle of laser-plasma interactions and design their experiments.Part of IOP Series in Coherent Sources, Quantum Fundamentals, and Applications.

Grad students, Supplementary reading the courses related to laser physics, plasma physics, laser-plasma physics, particle accelerators, x-ray technology, photo-nuclear technology, radiography.

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Hyung Taek Kim is a head research scientist in the Advanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), GIST. He got a Ph.D. from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in 2004. Since joined Ultrashort Quantum Beam Facility, APRI in 2005, he has studied various applications of intense laser pulses, such as high-order harmonics, x-ray lasers, x-ray imaging, filamentation, laser wakefield acceleration, and gamma-ray generations. He led laser wakefield acceleration experiments as a research fellow at Center for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS), Institute for Basic Science (IBS). He has been the director of the Research Center for Plasma Applications with Ultraintense Lasers (PAUL center), APRI, since 2022.

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