Abstract:
Ultrafast intense laser pulse possesses the characteristics of ultrafast time domain and high peak power. With the rapid development of laser technology, its pulse repetition rate has been gradually increased as well. This kind of repetitive high-power femtosecond laser provides the human beings the unprecedented extreme physical conditions in ultrafast time and ultrahigh intensity field, providing new opportunities, means and directions for driving frontier basic science and cross-application research, such as the generation of novel ultrafast particle beam and intense pulse radiation source. In this paper, we will mainly introduce the newly-built experimental platform developed by the ultrafast light physics team of Shanghai Normal University based on the repetitive high-power femtosecond laser system. The recent research progress on the generation of gas high-order harmonics, intense terahertz radiation sources, high-brightness ultrafast electron beam and their relevant practical applications are all included, along with the resume of the main progress and future prospect in these frontier physics.