Ultra-intense laser-plasma research (HEDP Laboratory)

Currently the main application of HEDP is laboratory simulation of astrophysical environment. Ultra-intense laser interaction with matter is now widely recognized as one of the most rapidly growing research areas as well as one of the most promising for various applications viz. material processing, proton & electron beam generation, high energy photon beams, fs-LA-ICP-MS etc.

Recent articles from HEDP lab:

• Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, (2013)
• Applied Physics Letters 103 Art. No. 041102 (2013)
• Journal Applied Physics 114, Art. No. 023103 (2013).
• Journal of Applied Physics 113 Art. No. 163305 (2013)
• Applied Physics Letters 100 Art. No. 221106 (2012)
• Journal of Applied Physics 112 Art. No. 093303 (2012)
• Journal of Applied Physics 111 Art. No. 123304 (2012)

Currently our research is focused on following areas:

• Ultrafast laser ablation
• Femtosecond and nanosecond LA-ICP-MS
• High energy charged particle generation
• Ultrafast LIBS
• Nanostructuring using ultrafast lasers
• HEDP modeling

HEDP lab Facilities at CMUXE:

1. Coherent Verdi V6 DPSS laser (6 W)
2. Ultrafast oscillator (Femtolasers, Synergy 20, ~ 40 fs)
3. Terrawatt Laser System (Amplitude Technology, 300 mJ, 40 fs)
4. Dazzler system (Fastlite)
5. Nd:YAG laser (Continuum Surelite I)
6. Autocorrelator
7. Agilent 7700 ICP-MS
8. LA Sample delivery system (Applied Spectra, Inc. J100)
9. Laser beam diagnostics
10. Oscilloscopes
11. Timing generators
12. Vacuum chamber and plasma diagnostic tools

For further details contact: jtripat@purdue.edu or hassanein@purdue.edu