Laser Plasma Interaction Group at IPCF -CNR Pisa

The research activity of the Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory (ILIL) is focused on fundamental studies of high-intensity laser interactions with matter and their applications . Flexible high-power laser systems and multi-purpose interaction chambers are combined with the capability of performing high temporal resolution spectroscopy from the IR to the X-ray region. Fundamental studies include plasma formation and heating by laser beams, laser-induced instabilities and other non-linear processes, atomic physics of highly-ionised plasmas and X-ray emission processes. The Laboratory has well established collaborationswith many leading international High-Power Laser Laboratories and Facilities, as well as Academic Groups. The Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory has a long-term experience in the training of young scientists through several schemes including European Union RT Networks.

Research Topics Ultra Short Pulse Laser Plasma Interactions Dense Plasma Physics Collective phenomena and instabilities E.m. wave propagation in plasmas Atomic physics of ionised species Non-linear optics & beam smoothing Inertial confinement fusion related studies X-ray generation and characterisation Particle acceleration Applications of laser-plasma X-rays	LASER-PLASMA ACCELERATION	FEMTOSECOND INTERACTIONS
	EXPERIMENTS@RAL	LASER PLASMA X-RAY SOURCE

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