Preface

This issue presents the papers selected by the organizing committee of the International Workshop on “Microwave-laser diagnostics and particle–mirror interaction for burning plasma experiment”, which was held from 12 to 13 September 2008 in Shikanoshima, Fukuoka, Japan. This workshop was one of the satellite meetings of the International Congress on Plasma Physics 2008 (ICPP 2008), which was held from 8 to 12 September 2008, in Fukuoka, Japan. The workshop involved plenary and parallel sessions. The topics of the parallel sessions were “microwave-laser diagnostics” and “particle–mirror interaction”. The chairman of the workshop was Prof. Mamiko Sasao of the Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai, Japan.