The Institute focuses on the interaction of ultra-powerful laser beams with solid or gaseous targets under high vacuum, generating accelerated electrons, ions and protons that create active particle beams utilized across various research fields and applications.

Research Areas

a) Laser Wakefield Electron Acceleration

Study of ultra-intense laser pulse interaction with gas targets leading to the generation of relativistic electron beams and betatron photon radiation. Development of advanced gas jet laser characterization techniques for high spatio-temporal imaging of matter structure.

b) Optically Shaped Targets and Proton Acceleration 

c) Applications of Secondary Sources

Utilization of accelerated particle beams generated from high-power laser-plasma interactions across a wide spectrum of applications. Secondary sources, including protons, ions, electrons, X-rays, and γ-rays, are employed in diverse fields ranging from biomedical research to space technology and materials science.

Key Capabilities

• Ultrahigh intensity laser–matter/plasma physics and technology

• High energy particle acceleration and plasma transport

• X-ray and γ-ray sources

• Ultrahigh magnetic field generation

• Applications of secondary sources in material and biomedical sciences

• Laser probing plasma diagnosis

• Laser target diagnostics

• Laser shadowgraphy

• Laser schlieren imaging

• Laser interferometric methods

• Gas jet laser characterization

• Plasma spectroscopy

• Plasma radiography