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Profile
| Academic position | Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader |
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| Research fields | Quantum Optics,Plasma Physics |
| Keywords | Relativistic laser-plasma, High performance parallel computing, Short pulse lasers |
Current contact address
| Country | Germany |
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| City | Düsseldorf |
| Institution | Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf |
| Institute | Institut für Theoretische Physik II |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Spatschek | Institut für Theoretische Physik II, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/11/2001 |
Programme(s)
| 2001 | Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Dr. Alexander Pukhov receives his award for pioneering work in understanding basic mechanisms of relativistic laser-plasma-interaction. He has developed a three-dimensional Particle-in-Cell numerical code which allows to model in full geometry experiments with high-power-lasers. Using this method, relativistic self-focussing of light in plasma channels and acceleration of electrons up to GeV energies coul be predicted. The wakefield acceleration phenomenon is expected to play an important role in future developments of laser-generated plasmas. The purpose of the project at Düsseldorf University is to investigate such effects with applications to Fast Ignition of Inertial Fusion Targets and to develop novel schemes of short pulse amplication in plasma. |