High Power Laser Science and Engineering Editorial – a celebration of ultra-high-power lasers

Year: 2026

Authors: Danson C.N., Gizzi L.A., Hillier D.

Autors Affiliation: AWE Nucl Secur Technol, Reading, England; Univ Oxford, OxCHEDS, Oxford, England; Imperial Coll London, CIFS, London, England; Ist Nazl Ottica, CNR, ILIL, Pisa, Italy.

Abstract: In 2019 we published the extensive review paper ’Petawatt and exawatt class lasers worldwide’ in High Power Laser Science and Engineering. We are delighted that the review has achieved over 1000 citations on Google Scholar and over 750 on Web of Science. We take this opportunity to reflect on the current state of the field.

Journal/Review: HIGH POWER LASER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Volume: 14      Pages from: e1-1  to: e1-10

More Information: The authors would like to thank the following researchers who have significantly contributed to providing detailed information for this editorial: Yutong Li, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Jie Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Jianqiang Zhu and Ping Zhu, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China; Alessio Morace, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; G. Ravindra Kumar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India; Karl Krushelnick and Louise Willingale, G\u00E9rard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Michigan, United States; Jorge Rocca, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States; Enam Chowdhury, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States; Phillip Bradford, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK; Efim Khazanov, Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; Dimitri Batani, CELIA, University of Bordeaux, France; Daniele Margarone, ELI Beamlines, Prague; Ioan Dancus, Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics/Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania; Sergey Pikuz, HB11 Energy, Laser Boron Fusion, Sydney, Australia; and Paula Rosen, AWE Nuclear Security Technologies, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire, UK.
KeyWords: exawatt lasers; high-power lasers; petawatt lasers; ultra-high intensity
DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2025.10102