read the submitted manuscripts carefully. One of the co-editors (KY) thanks Ms.
Mihoshi Abe for her help with the editing processes.
We hope this volume will convey the excitement of ultrafast intense laser science
to the readers, and stimulate interdisciplinary interactions among researchers, thus
paving the way to explorations of new frontiers.
Tokyo, Japan
Kaoru Yamanouchi
Heraklion, Greece
Dimitrios Charalambidis
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Preface