Femto-solid laboratory performs laser damage testing of mirrors for ELI HAPLS project
(Left) LLNL $45 million HAPLS laser developed for ELI Beamline, > 1PW, 30 fs, 10 Hz. (Right) Artist rendition of ELI beamline in Czec Republic, EU 350 million facility being constructed Chowdhury Lab was contracted recently by…
Kyle Kafka wins PGSC Poster Award
https://physics.osu.edu/news/pgsc-poster-competition-winners-receive-1500-scholarships
OSU Junior Evan Lang wins Outstanding Scholar Award
Undergrad Evan Lang (Adviser: Enam Chowdhury) worked at the Air Force Research Laboratory for Directed Energy in Kirtland Air Force Base in Summer 2014 as an AFRL fellow (http://afrlscholars.usra.edu/). For his outstanding contribution to the Project, he received the Outstanding…
How solids behave under extreme laser fields
Our efforts are directed towards fundamental understanding of intense laser matter interaction near material damage threshold. Although laser interaction with solids began with the advent of the laser 50+ years ago, many important aspects of the interaction, especially those that…