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Stages of Project implementation

Nov, 28 2010 – Dec, 31 2010

  1. Analytical survey of the scientific and technical literature on the topic of the Project.
  2. Development of the theory of efficient generation of broadband terahertz radiation by laser pulses with tilted intensity front in electrooptical crystals.
  3. Theoretical study of the influence of cubic nonlinearity on second harmonic generation (SHG) by intense femtosecond laser pulses in a KDP crystal.
  4. Development of a theoretical model of small-scale self-focusing of a superintense laser beam during SHG.
  5. Modification of the software code “ELMIS” (Extreme Laser Matter Interaction Simulator) and development of new parallel software codes for effective simulation of laser-matter interaction at ultrarelativistic laser intensities.
  6. Requirements specification for experimental sample of a high efficiency source of broadband terahertz radiation in the form of a sandwich structure with electrooptical core pumped by femtosecond laser pulses.
  7. Requirements specification for experimental sample of a microstructured metal surface with a deposited stripe of nonlinear material for excitation of terahertz surface plasmons by femtosecond laser pulses.
  8. Requirements specification for experimental sample of a soft X-ray source based on pumping multi-charged ions of inert gases by subterawatt femtosecond pulses.

Jan, 01 2011 – Dec, 31 2011

  1. Development of draft technical documentation for the experimental sample of a high-efficiency source of broadband terahertz radiation in the form of a sandwich structure with electrooptical core pumped by femtosecond laser pulses.
  2. Fabrication of the experimental sample of a high-efficiency source of broadband terahertz radiation in the form of a sandwich structure with electrooptical core pumped by femtosecond laser pulses.
  3. Development of software and test procedures for the experimental sample of a high-efficiency source of broadband terahertz radiation in the form of a sandwich structure with electrooptical core pumped by femtosecond laser pulses.
  4. Testing the experimental sample of a high-efficiency source of broadband terahertz radiation in the form of a sandwich structure with electrooptical core pumped by femtosecond laser pulses.
  5. Development of draft technical documentation for the experimental sample of a microstructured metal surface with a deposited stripe of nonlinear material for excitation of terahertz surface plasmons by femtosecond laser pulses.
  6. Fabrication of the experimental sample of a microstructured metal surface with a deposited stripe of nonlinear material for excitation of terahertz surface plasmons by femtosecond laser pulses.
  7. Development of software and test procedures for the experimental sample of a microstructured metal surface with a deposited stripe of nonlinear material for excitation of terahertz surface plasmons by femtosecond laser pulses.
  8. Testing the experimental sample of a microstructured metal surface with a deposited stripe of nonlinear material for excitation of terahertz surface plasmons by femtosecond laser pulses.
  9. Development of the method of generation of short vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) and soft X-ray (SXR) pulses based on high harmonic generation by a terawatt pulse in gases.
  10. Theoretical study of generating soft X-ray radiation at nonlinear interaction of ultrarelativistic laser pulse with sharp plasma boundary.
  11. Modeling noise generation and amplification during SHG by powerful laser pulses.
  12. Assessing various approaches to attaining coherent combining of several powerful laser beams and choosing an optimal one.
  13. Development of draft technical documentation for the experimental sample of a soft X-ray source based on pumping multi-charged ions of inert gases by subterawatt femtosecond pulses.
  14. Fabrication of the experimental sample of a soft X-ray source based on pumping multi-charged ions of inert gases by subterawatt femtosecond pulses.
  15. Development of software and test procedures for the experimental sample of a soft X-ray source based on pumping multi-charged ions of inert gases by subterawatt femtosecond pulses.
  16. Testing the experimental sample of a soft X-ray source based on pumping multi-charged ions of inert gases by subterawatt femtosecond pulses.
  17. Experimental investigation of optical terahertz conversion at femtosecond laser pulse pumping of a sandwich structure with lithium niobate core and silicon lining.
  18. Experimental investigation of nonlinear optical excitation of terahertz surface plasmons on microstructured metal surface by femtosecond laser pulses.
  19. Experimental investigation of broadband terahertz radiation by laser pulses with tilted intensity front in electrooptical crystals.
  20. Experimental investigation of electron acceleration in a laser pulse wake wave aimed at obtaining quasimonoenergetic electron bunches with energies from hundreds of MeV to several GeV.
  21. Development of a technique for producing ultrathin (0.1-0.2 mm) large-aperture (100 mm) nonlinear elements for frequency doubling of high-intensity (4-5 TW/сm2 peak power) femtosecond laser pulses.
  22. Theoretical and experimental study of a possibility to use SHG for enhancing the time contrast of laser pulses and their additional time compression.
  23. Theoretical and experimental study of coherent combining of petawatt laser pulses for intensity enhancement at focusing on a target.

Jan, 01 2012 – Dec, 31 2012

  1. Experimental investigation of the generation of terahertz radiation at optical damage of continuous and nanostructured media.
  2. Experimental study of the generation of soft X-ray radiation at pumping of multi-charged ions of inert gases by subterawatt femtosecond pulses.
  3. Theoretical and experimental investigation of the generation of VUV and SXR radiation at simultaneous pumping of inert gases by intense terahertz radiation and multipetawatt laser pulses.
  4. Experimental study of the generation of coherent 1-2 keV betatron radiation by the electron beam accelerated by a laser pulse wake wave in a plasma channel.
  5. Theoretical and experimental study of the methods of controlling and suppressing spatial noise in superintense laser beams. Development of a scheme of beam self-filtering.
  6. Requirements specification for experimental setup for second harmonic generation by petawatt femtosecond laser pulses.
  7. Development of draft technical documentation for the experimental setup for second harmonic generation by petawatt femtosecond laser pulses.
  8. Fabrication of the experimental setup for second harmonic generation by petawatt femtosecond laser pulses.
  9. Development of software and test procedures for the experimental setup for second harmonic generation by petawatt femtosecond laser pulses.
  10. Testing the experimental setup for second harmonic generation by petawatt femtosecond laser pulses.
  11. Requirements specification for fiber systems of coherent combining of high average power laser beams for pumping solid targets.
  12. Development of fiber systems of coherent combining of high average power laser beams for pumping solid targets.
  13. Investigation of prospects of using optical ceramics and new diode laser pump sources for generation of extreme light fields.
  14. Experimental study of the interaction of petawatt laser pulses with combined (multilayer) targets at intensities exceeding 1021W/сm2. Generation of proton bunches accelerated to energies of order 10 MeV.
  15. Experimental investigation of second harmonic generation at the wavelength of 910 nm, peak intensity 1-5 TW/см2 and pulse duration 50 fs in a small-aperture KDP crystal.
  16. Experimental investigation of SHG by petawatt femtosecond laser pulses in large-aperture (100 mm in diameter) ultrathin KDP crystals.
  17. Experiments on using the developed methods of generating soft X-ray and terahertz radiation for bioimaging, radiotherapy, detection of explosives and biological substances, and nondestructive control of pharmaceuticals.
  18. Theoretical study of the effect of laser pulse compression at nonlinear reflection at the plasma boundary.
  19. Assessing prospects of using laser pulse compression at nonlinear reflection at the plasma boundary for attaining optical intensities demanded for vacuum polarization.
  20. Implementation of the results of the research in the educational process.
  21. Development of new lecture courses, textbooks and manuals.