Abstract
A look back at the early days of the laser and nonlinear interactions will be contrasted to the recent breakthroughs in solid state lasers and the applications to fundamental science of gravitational wave detection, laser acceleration, and laser inertial fusion for energy production. Article not available.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
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