Awards announcement for 10th Anniversary of High Power Laser Science and Engineering

On October 16-19, 2023, the 5th International Symposium on High Power Laser Science and Engineering (HPLSE2023) & Celebration on the 10th Anniversary of the Journal High Power Laser Science and Engineering (HPL) took place in Suzhou, China. The journal has made great achievement in the past decade with the continuous efforts from the Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Board members and each author. At the forum, HPL launched two awards: HPLSE Outstanding Contribution Award and Excellent Article for HPLSE 10th Anniversary. The journal has built its reputation in high power laser fields with the great supports from these dedicated experts and many authors.

Group photo of the conference

HPLSE Outstanding Contribution Award

A total of 16 experts including Colin Danson, Jianqiang Zhu, Ioan Dancus, Gonçalo Figueira, Leonida A. GIZZI, Joachim Hein, Shigeo Kawata, Yutong Li, Xiaoyan Liang, Paul McKenna, Tomas Mocek, Charlotte Palmer, Baifei Shen, Martin Smrz, Zhengming Sheng, Yingying Wang from the HPL Editorial Board received HPLSE Outstanding Contribution Award. The Award signifies the recognition and appreciation for their exceptional work. In particular, the Editor-in-Chief Jianqiang Zhu visited HiLASE Center in the Czech Republic to present certificates to Tomas Mocek and Martin Smrz. We are truly grateful for their supports.

List of all winners

Award winners in attendance (Left to right: Jianqiang Zhu, Ioan Dancus, Yutong Li, Zhengming Sheng, Baifei Shen, Xiaoyan Liang, Yingying Wang, Lei Yang, Elizabeth Dunn)

Martin Smrz and Tomas Mocek

Excellent Article for HPLSE 10th Anniversary

Excellent Article for HPLSE 10th Anniversary is set to recognize the invaluable role played by authors. There are 20 outstanding articles selected from 500 papers published over the past decade (20 articles are listed below). These papers have greatly promoted the development of high power laser fields.

Award winners in attendance (Left to right: Stefan Weber, Meizhi Sun, Pedro Oliveira, Xuewei Deng, Yutong Li)

Award winners in attendance (Left to right: Dimitri Batani, Wei Liu, Xinyan Zhou, Zongxin Zhang)

Award winners in attendance (Left to right: Jianqiang Zhu, Dimitrios Foukis, Yutong Li, Hui Zhang)

We specifically note that Mr. Dimitrios Foukis, the Head of the Public Diplomacy Office of the Consulate General of Greece in Shanghai, to received the award representing Prof. Vasilis Dimitriou and Prof. Michael Tatarakis from Institute of Plasma Physics and Lasers (IPPL), Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Centre. Thanks to all contributors.

We would like to express our gratitude for the significant contributions of these experts. We are looking forward to the next 10 years of HPL!

For 20 excellent articles:

1. The Apollon 10 PW laser: experimental and theoretical investigation of the temporal characteristics.

2. Laser performance of the SG-III laser facility.

3. Measuring vacuum polarization with high-power lasers.

4. Targets for high repetition rate laser facilities: needs, challenges and perspectives.

5. Status and development of high-power laser facilities at the NLHPLP.

6. Experimental methods for warm dense matter research.

7. EMP control and characterization on high-power laser systems.

8. Petawatt and exawatt class lasers worldwide.

9. Technology development for ultraintense all-OPCPA systems.

10. High-energy hybrid femtosecond laser system demonstrating 2 x 10 PW capability.