Laboratory astrophysics
Laboratory experiments offer new capabilities to investigate the micro-physics underlying astrophysical phenomena, in a wide variety of domains, from young star formation to cosmic rays physics. Such experiments offer a way to access the relevant temporal and spatial scales of the plasmas in …
Fusion
Laser-driven ICF relies on using a large set of high-power laser beams in order to deposit energy in a Deuterium-Tritium fuel, such that it is compressed and heated to the point of fusion ignition. In the quest for optimized performance of ICF, improvement can be sought in many areas, which is where …
Nuclear photonics
Laser-driven high-brilliance sources offer new perspectives in terms of compact material probing, even of dense objects, or in imaging of high speed events, with better than picosecond resolution. We are currently working on pushing the capabilities of a dual (neutron and x-ray) interrogation …