Umstadter D, Chen S Y, Wagner R, Maksimchuk A, Sarkisov G
Opt Express. 1998 Mar 30;2(7):282-8. doi: 10.1364/oe.2.000282.
We review our recent work on the various nonlinear optical processes that occur as an intense laser propagates through a relativistic plasma. These include the experimental observations of electron acceleration driven by laser-wakefield generation, relativistic self-focusing, waveguide formation and laser self-channeling.