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Prof. Dr. Stefan KarschMax-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Abteilung für Attosekundenphysik
Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1
85748 Garching, Germany
| office: | B 1.44 |
| lab: | F 1.1 |
| phone: | (+49 89) 32905 – 322 (office) (+49 89) 32905 – 722 (lab) |
| fax: | (+49 89) 32905 – 649 |
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| webpage: | http://www.attoworld.de/karsch-group |
research expertise and fields
- High-intensity laser plasma physics:
- Characterization of electron acceleration mechanisms in underdense and overdense plasmas
- Ion acceleration in quasi-static charge separation fields in plasmas
- Spectroscopy of laser accelerated ions for plasma characterization
- Nuclear interactions of laser-accelerated particles and rays
- Spectroscopy of laser-driven fusion neutrons for plasma diagnostics
- Laser development:
- Set-up and characterization of a Ti:sapphire laser amplifier and adaptive optics system
current interests and projects
- current research interests
- High-power laser applications:
- Generation of monoenergetic electron bunches from a laser driven plasma accelerator and their spatio-temporal characterization
- Ultrashort X-ray sources driven by laser accelerated electrons
- Ion acceleration dynamics in solid targets, study of electron transport in solids
- Time-resolved study of 100fs-time scale laser-plasma interaction
- Laser development:
- Upgrade of ATLAS-Ti:sapphire laser system
- Development of a ATLAS-synchronized few-cycle multi-TW OPCPA beamline
- Development of the PW-class, few-cycle CE stabilized light source Petawatt Field Synthesizer PFS
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