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Issue 4 ELI Courier June 2010

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Highlights of this issue:
APOLLON building stage has begun
Jean Paul Chambaret, François Mathieu and Karoly
Osvay explain the laser prototype project near Paris.
PFS: giving birth to ELI’s light pulses
This German laser research project could be a vital
precursor to ELI, says Stefan Karsch.
Vulcan pushes the limits of what lasers can do
John Collier and Cristina Hernandez Gomez describe
the exciting planned upgrade of the UK laser facility.
A decade of attoscience leads us to ELI
Dimitrios Charalambidis explains the benefits and
challenges of an attosecond light pulse source.
CPA: 25 years of intense laser pulses
ELI set for transition to delivery phase
Particles and photons from Italy
UK dissects laser–matter science

Issue 3 ELI Courier March 2010

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Highlights of this issue:
ELI hosts its first major conference
Light at Extreme Intensities, or LEI, was held on
16–21 October 2009 in Brasov, Romania. .
Accelerators: smaller, faster, stronger with ELI
Particle accelerators have been used for almost 100
years as a tool for looking inside the nucleus of the
atom. But how can laser technology help? Patrizio
Antici and Nelson Lopes explain.
ELI will be at the heart of Europe
Lithuania joins the ELI force

Issue 2 ELI Courier December 2009

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Highlights of this issue:
Meeting sharpens ELI’s science case
The extreme science of ELI had not even been dreamed
of a decade ago. But big science poses big challenges.
Plasmas – a tool for 21st century physics
Why learn about plasmas? There are a number of
things about plasmas that make them scientifically
and technologically interesting, and they are by far the
most abundant state of matter in the universe.
ELI gains regional partner in Greece
Spain nurtures ultra-intense lasers

Issue 1 ELI Courier September 2009

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Highlights of this issue:
ELI site choice: an ongoing process
Where could ELI be built? The precise location in Europe of ELI is a very important issue that the “preparatory phase” must include in its agenda.
Lasers for new physics and multidisciplinary applications
The laser has become one of the major tools in scientific research and its applications have entered into the daily lives of everyone. Danilo Giulietti reveals more.
Hungary has a lot to offer ELI
Romania makes its case to be host