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This lecture provides a general picture of laser-target interaction, covering the principle and main parameters of laser pulse focusing, energy levels, power, and mechanisms governing the interaction. It explains the heating, hydrodynamic evolution, skin depth penetration, ionization, expansion, ablation, shock wave propagation, and the rocket effect.