Preface, D.A. Jaroszynski, R. Bingham, and R.A. Cairns Laser-Driven Plasmas: A Gateway to High Energy Density Physics and a Test-Bed for Nonlinear Science, W.L. Kruer An Experimentalist's Perspective on Plasma Accelerators, C.E. Clayton Waveguides for High Intensity Laser Pulses, S. Hooker Harnessing Plasma Waves as Radiation Sources and Amplifiers, D.A. Jaroszynski, A. Reitsma, and B. Ersfeld High Intensity Laser-Plasma Interaction Experiments, K. Krushelnick Computational Challenges in Laser-Plasma Interactions, R. Fonseca Particle Acceleration in Plasmas, R. Bingham Laboratory Astrophysics Using High Energy Density Photon and Electron Beams, R. Bingham Acceleration of Photons and Quasi-Particles, J.T. Mendonca Relativistic Phenomena in Plasma Solitons, F. Pegoraro Interference Stabilization of Atoms in a Strong Laser Field, M.V. Fedorov Entanglement and Wave Packet Structures in Photoionization and Other Decay Processes of Bipartite Systems, M.V. Fedorov Intense Field Quantum Electrodynamics, N. Narozhny Fundamentals of ICF Hohlraums, M.D. Rosen Dense Plasma Physics-The Microphysics of Laser-Produced Plasmas, S.J. Rose Progress in Fast Ignition, P.A. Norreys Fusion Targets, D.C. Swift Direct-Drive Inertial Fusion: Basic Concepts and Ignition Target Designing, V.N. Goncharov Ablative Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability: Theory and Experimental Results, V.N. Goncharov Index