Vol. 30, Issue 1, pp. 5-25 (2000)

Abstract

A short review of major achievements in research on high-peak-power lasers carried on for over twenty years at the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM) is carried out. The most important trends in the IPPLM`s research on high-peak-power neodymium, CO₂ and excimer lasers are discussed. The largest laser systems built within the scope of this research, particularly four-beam nanosecond 100-GW and picosecond terawatt Nd:glass lasers and nanosecond 10-GW CO₂ laser are presented.