Fundamental Strong-Field Interactions with Ultrafast, Mid-Infrared Lasers
Abstract
The field of high intensity laser matter interactions has been largely limited to working in the near infrared spectral region (0.8 micron or 1 micron). The objective of this MURI is to broadly explore fundamental strong-field interactions driven by new intense laser architectures operating in the mid-infrared (>1.5 micron). Using the wavelength as an experimental knob, many strong-field processes whose characteristics depend directly on the ponderomotive energy (e.g. above-threshold ionization, high harmonic generation) can be pushed to unprecedented limits. The recent emergence of high intensity, practical laser architectures operating in the mid-infrared is poised to open a largely uncharted pathway to explore the wavelength dependence of strong field processes. The proposed broad exploration of long wavelength strong-field effects represents transformative science with applications to many fundamental, inherently multidisciplinary, areas of atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 23, 2016
- Source ID
- FA95501610013
Entities
People
- Louis F. DiMauro
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Ohio State University
- United States Air Force