Multiple studies in ultrafast optics demonstrate that light pulses can indeed be compressed simultaneously in time and space to achieve extreme field intensities.
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Single-wavelength size focusing of ultra-intense ultrashort lasers with rotational hyperbolic mirrors
2024 · cited by 4
Discusses compressing all the energy of a laser pulse into a spatiotemporal focal cube, achieving the highest intensity in the lambda-cubed regime.
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Efficiency-optimized relativistic plasma harmonics for extreme fields.
2026 · cited by 0
Notes that plasma media can support strong spatiotemporal compression of laser energy in a coherent harmonic focus.
Ultrafast tuning of tightly focused vector spatiotemporal optical vortices.
2025 · cited by 0
Demonstrates ultrafast pulse compression while maintaining the periodicity and spatiotemporal coupling characteristics of vector spatiotemporal optical vortices.