On the synergic approach toward the experimental realization of interesting fundamental science within the framework of relativistic flying mirror concept

Abstract

The relativistic flying parabolic mirror can provide a higher laser intensity than the intensity a current laser system can reach via the optical-focusing scheme. A weakly-relativistic laser intensity (1.8$\times$10${}^{17}$ W/cm${}^2$, $\eta$ = 0.29) can be intensified up to a super-strong intensity of >1$\times$10${}^{27}$ W/cm${}^2$ ($\eta$ $\approx$ 2.2$\times$10${}^4$) by the relativistic flying mirror. Such a super-strong field can be applied to study the strong-field quantum electrodynamics in perturbative and non-perturbative regimes. In this review, the analytic derivations on the field strength and distribution obtained by the ideal relativistic flying parabolic mirror have been shown under the 4$\pi$-spherical focusing approach. The quantum nonlinearity parameter is calculated when such a super-strong field collides with the high-energy $\gamma$-photons. The peak quantum nonlinearity parameter reaches above 1600 when the 1-GeV $\gamma$-photon collides with a super-strong laser field reflected and focused by the relativistic flying mirror driven by a 10 PW laser pulse.