High-Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena (HILAS)

12 April 2024 – 14 April 2024 | Hotel Savoyen Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Addresses all aspects of strong field phenomena from the technology of high-intensity light sources to the physics of intense light-matter interaction.

The High-Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena Topical Meeting (HILAS) aims to assemble a multidisciplinary community to present and exchange novel ideas and breakthrough achievements relating to the physics and technology of high field sources and high-intensity laser-matter interaction.

The meeting covers both theoretical and experimental aspects of strong-field phenomena. Among the topics to be discussed are the latest research results in terawatt/petawatt lasers, amplification of few-cycle pulses, laser fusion technologies, EUV and X-Ray sources based on lasers, high-intensity sources from the THz up to the X-Ray spectral range, plasmas in ultrahigh fields, advances in attosecond science and relativistic nonlinear phenomena.

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Topics

High-Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena (HILAS)

1. Laser Technology for HILAS
2. Advancement in Materials for HILAS
3. Attosecond Science
4. High-field Science, Methods, Science and Theory
5. High-brightness Secondary Sources and Applications: THz, X-ray, Gamma Ray, Particle Beams
6. Application of AI and Machine-learning Methods for HILAS
7. Ultrafast Metrology — Methods, Technology and Applications

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Plenary

Allen Weeks
ELI ERIC

Lighting the Way: Advances at ELI and Beyond

This talk will present recent advancements at the ELI Facilities since the beginning of the ELI User Programme in 2022. This includes primary laser systems and secondary sources serving various research fields, encompassing not only a broad range of physics, but also chemistry, biology and materials science. We will discuss the performance of this new generation of sources at ELI’s facilities, how they are providing unprecedented tools to tackle these challenges and new, disruptive technologies. Furthermore, the talk will venture into the future, outlining the visionary paths that laser and light source technology are set to embark upon. This includes an overview of the expected technical achievements in the next 24 months, as informed by contributions from various ELI facilities and partner facilities. These advances promise to further elevate our collective capability to probe the mysteries of the universe, from the smallest particles to the grandest cosmic phenomena.

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Ulrich Schramm
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Advancement of High Intensity Laser Driven Particle Accelerators to Application Readiness

Improved control of high intensity laser beam parameters on target recently enabled
proton energies beyond 100 MeV, dose-controlled in-vivo radiobiology experiments and
seeded FEL demonstration, which will be discussed jointly with the underlying physics.

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Alexander Gaeta
Columbia University

Chip-Based Comb Spectroscopy

Recent advances in integrated photonics will allow for a new class of spectroscopic sources, such as optical frequency combs, which will enable high-precision spectroscopic instruments in highly robust, compact and portable platforms. 

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Marla Dowell
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Advancing Metrology for Microelectronics: CHIPS Metrology Program

Under the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, NIST is expanding its support of the microelectronics technology and manufacturing ecosystem by developing, advancing and deploying measurement technologies that are accurate, precise and fit-for-purpose.

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Invited Speakers

High-Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena (HILAS)

• Ming-Chang Chen, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  Isolated Attosecond Pulse Generation by a Post-compressed Yb Laser  
   
• Hanieh Fattahi, Max-Planck-Inst Physik des Lichts, Germany
  Bright Sub-cycle Pulses for Petahertz Fieldoscopy  
   
• Elizabeth Grace, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
  On-shot Spatiotemporal Laser Wavefront Characterization via Wavelength-multiplex Holography for Precision Control of High-intensity Laser Plasma Interactions  
   
• Carlos Hernández-García, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
  Simulating Macroscopic High-order hHarmonic Generation Driven by Structured Laser Beams Using Artificial Intelligence  
   
• Carolyn Kuranz, University of Michigan, United States
  Dynamic Ultrafast X-ray Imaging of Shocks in Water  
   
• Yu-Chieh Lin, RIKEN, Japan
  Generation of Sub-cycle Optical Vortex  
   
• Thierry Ruchon, CEA Saclay - LIDYL, France
  Extreme Nonlinear Optics with Fractional-order Singularities  
   
• Shunsuke Sato, University of Tsukuba, Japan
  Ab Initio Computation of Intense Laser-solid Interaction  
   
• Ondrej Slezak, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
  Performance Testing of the Faraday Isolator for a 100J/10Hz Pulsed Laser  

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Student Paper Award
 

The Optica Foundation Student Paper Competition

The congress recognizes the next generation of scientists through a student presentation competition. To qualify for an award, the paper must have been presented by an undergraduate or graduate student of an educational institution of collegiate grade.

The papers submitted to the competition were reviewed during the standard Technical Program Committee (TPC) review process and up to 4 finalists were selected. After the papers are presented, the Program Committee members will make their selections based on content quality, value to the technical community of interest and the students' presentation skills.

Congratulations to the Winners!
 

High-Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena (HILAS)

Josephine Monzac, Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, France
Wednesday, March 13, 10:30 - 12:30
Significant Increase of Performances of a kHz Laser-Plasma Accelerator Using a H2 Plasma
 

Compact (EUV and X-Ray) Light Sources (EUVXRAY)

Wilhelm Focko Eschen, GSI GmbH, Friedrich Schiller University, Germany
Wednesday, March 13, 13:30 - 15:30
High-Speed, High-Resolution and Material-Specific Coherent EUV Imaging Using a High-Order Harmonic Source
 

Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources (MICS)

Marko Perestjuk, Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon, RMIT University, France
Tuesday, March 12, 16:30 - 17:30
Comparison of GST and Sb2S3 Phase Change Materials for Reconfigurable Integrated Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum Sources

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