High-energy femtosecond laser laboratory
The laboratory is based on a high-performance femtosecond laser system consisting of a Tsunami titanium sapphire laser and a Spitfire regenerative amplifier (Spectra-Physics) providing 100 fs pulses with energy up to 3.5 mJ. The peak power of these pulses exceeds 35 GW, and after focusing extreme intensities of up to 1022 W/m2 can be achieved. Laser wavelength tuning is provided by a parametric TOPAS amplifier over a wide spectral range of 240 - 2400 nm. High power laser pulses allow us to study nonlinear processes in matter with high time resolution.
