Scientific information

Scope of the Conference

Ultrashort laser pulses reaching extra high intensities open new windows to obtain information about molecular and atomic processes. These pulses are even able to penetrate into atomic scalelengths not only by generating particles of ultrahigh energy but also inside the spatial and temporal atomic scalelengths. New regimes of laser-matter interaction were opened in the last decade with an increasing number of laboratories and researchers in these fields.

The interactions with visible light in this parameter range also result in new radiation sources, such as soft and hard X-rays, gamma rays, moreover energetic particles (electrons, protons, heavy ions, and neutrons) are also generated. Even nuclear reactions such as fusion and fission can be effectively driven by strong laser pulses. Most of these intrinsically nonlinear interactions are occurring in plasmas, therefore it is no surprise that high-intensity physics have been strongly motivated since the beginning by the controlled thermonuclear fusion researches. On the other hand attosecond pulses even allow control and real-time observation of electron dynamics at sub-atomic dimensions.

This Conference which joins the ULTRA COST activity (“Laser-matter interactions with ultra-short pulses, high-frequency pulses and ultra-intense pulses. From attophysics to petawatt physics“) and the XTRA (“Ultrashort XUV Pulses for Time-Resolved and Non-Linear Applications”) Marie-Curie Research Training Network, intends to offer a possibility to the members of both of these activities to exchange ideas on recent theoretical and experimental results on the interaction of ultrashort laser pulses with matter giving a broad view from theoretical models to practical and technical applications.
 

International Scientific Programme Commitee

C.J. Joachain (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium) (Co-Chairman)
F. Krausz   (Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany) (Co-Chairman)
M. Vrakking (FOM Institute, AMOLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) (Co-Chairman)
S. Atzeni (Universita' "La Sapienza" di Roma, Roma, Italy)
D. Batani (Universita' Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy)
D. Charalambidis (University of Crete, IESL-FORTH, Heraklion, Greece)
Gy. Farkas (Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Budapest, Hungary)
N. Kroó (Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Budapest, Hungary)
A. Maquet (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France)
J. Meyer-ter-Vehn   (Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany)
P. Monot (CEA- Saclay, France)
P. Saličres (Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, France)
S. Szatmári (University of Szeged, Hungary)
G. Szabó (University of Szeged, Hungary)
K. Taylor (Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK)
J. Ullrich (Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany)
C.-G. Wahlström (Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden)
Kaoru Yamanouchi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
 

Local Organizing Committee

István B. Földes (chairman)
KFKI-Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics
Department of Plasma Physics, Budapest, Hungary

Péter Dombi
Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics
of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Budapest, Hungary

Katalin Varjú
Department of Optics and Quantum Electronics
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

Rita Dajka / Organizing Secretary
Department of Experimental Physics
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
 

List of Topics

  • 1. Attosecond and/or XUV sources: generation and applications

  • 2. Fast particles and intense x-ray radiation from the interactions with ultrashort, ultraintense laser pulses

  • 3. Interaction of atoms with strong laser fields

  • 4. Molecules in the field of ultrashort laser pulses

  • 5. Plasmas on solid surfaces and in clusters

  • 6. Lasers for ultrahigh intensities and for ultrashort pulses


Contributed Papers

In addition to the invited papers, oral and poster contributions will be selected on the basis of a one-page abstract. Authors are invited to submit the abstract of their contribution (oral presentation or poster) electronically, using the abstract submission form.

The deadline for abstract submission has passed.

Young representatives of the XTRA nodes may still contribute to the XTRA session of the conference if they have very recent (last minute) results. Please, send these abstracts to a member of the local organizing committee in e-mail until September 1 (absolute deadline). Note however that these lectures will be accepted on the basis of their node-leader's recommendation (instead of reviewing please include it in the e-mail of your submission) and these contributions probably will not be included in the "Book of Abstracts".

The guidelines for abstract preparation 

  • The entire abstract, including title and references, should fit within the boundaries of an A4 page.
     
  • Format the document with margins of 2.5 cm (top/bottom/left/right) and single spaced. All fonts are to be Times.
     
  • Address information of the corresponding author is required.

Abstract  Example

The header{

Title of the presentation

First Author’s Name1, Second Author’s Name2

1First Author Affiliation Information: Organization, City, State
2Second Author Affiliation Information: Organization, City, State

The body text{

 justified, single spaced, plain text, Times-12 font size

The footer {

 Should be separated from the body text and contain the address information of the corresponding author (Author's Name, e-mail address)

Publication

Selected presentations will be recommended for publication in the special issues of the journals Laser and Particle Beams and/or in Acta Physica Hungarica B (Quantum Electronics).

Conference Secretariat/Organizing Office
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