JRA3 INREX
Overview:
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Quasi phase-matching with modulated gas density (MPQ) |
Over the last few years, the rapid evolution of femtosecond lasers towards ultra-high intensities and single optical cycles has revolutionized the generation of high intensity radiation over the whole electromagnetic spectrum from THz to hard x-rays. Thanks to the pulse durations produced using laser-like sources, which has been extended below 100 attoseconds, and the large number of photons per pulse (up to 1014) over an extremely broad spectrum, these secondary sources are now regularly producing new scientific opportunities for Laserlab users. Compared with free-electron lasers, laser-driven secondary sources are intrinsically synchronised with lasers. This offers very rich insights into matter dynamic on unprecedented time and space scales, by allowing jitter-free pump-probe experiments (THz+X-rays; laser+attosecond pulses; X-ray + attosecond etc). The JRA “Innovative Radiation Sources at the EXtremes” (INREX) will further develop and apply these sources and their associated diagnostics in a structured and collaborative programme that will coordinate the theoretical, numerical, and experimental efforts. The development of secondary sources with properties that are pushed to the limit will also contribute to the ELI-Attosecond and ELI-beamline projects. The very short wavelength and high intensity sources developed under INREX will be suitable for probing hot dense matter and therefore also make contributions to the HiPER project.
Participants:
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Subcontractors:
- UPM, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
- UY, University of York, UK
Coordinator: Rheinhard Kienberger, MPQ