Novel Light Sources from Laser-Plasma Interactions

Workshop: 20 - 24 April 2015

Scientific Coordinators:
Michael Bussmann (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany)
Mickael Grech (LULI, CNRS, École Polytechnique Palaiseau, France)
Evangelos Siminos (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany)

Scientific Advisory Board:
Emmanuel D'Humieres (CELIA Bordeaux, France)
Thomas E. Cowan (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany)
Malte C. Kaluza (Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Germany)
Stefan Skupin (CELIA Bordeaux, France)
Henri Vincenti (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA)

Organisation:
Katrin Lantsch (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme Dresden, Germany)

The announcement's pdf-file

The last decade has witnessed an explosion of activity in the development of novel radiation sources based on laser-plasma interactions (LPI), fueled by the wide availability of high-power lasers, with many promising applications. This workshop aims to bring together theorists and experimentalists working across a wide range of topics, including:

· Attosecond pulse sources from LPI
· X-ray and X-FEL sources from LPI
· Pump-probe experiments and applications of LPI sources
· Filamentation and THz generation
· γ-ray sources and QED processes
· Parametric amplification of short pulses
· Thomson and Compton sources

The list of invited speakers:
H. Chapman (CFEL, Germany)
S.L. Chin (Université Laval, Canada)
N.J. Fisch (Princeton University, USA)
W. Leemans (Berkeley Lab, USA)
J. Meyer-ter-Vehn (MPQ Garching, Germany)
F. Quéré (CEA Saclay, France)
L.O. Silva (IST Lisbon, Portugal)

Applications for participation and oral or poster contributions are welcome and should be made by using the application form on the event's web page. The number of attendees is limited. The registration fee for the event is 120 EUR and should be paid by all participants. Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems. Limited funding is available to partially cover travel expenses. Please note that childcare is available upon request.

Applications received before 31st January 2015 are considered preferentially.

For further information please e-mail to:
nlight15pks.mpg.de