Programme
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Conference Programme
Session 1 Mon 18 Aug 2008
09.10-09.20 Opening Remarks
09.20-09.50 Rus, Bedrich PALS Centre
Optimisation of multi-mJ soft X-ray lasers, applications in plasma probing and high energy density in matter experiments
09.50-10.20 Tetsuya, Kawachi Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Recent progress in x-ray laser reseach in JAEA
10.20-10.40 Kuehl, Thomas GSI, Darmstadt
Versatile high-energy and short-pulse operation of PHELIX
Session 2 Mon 18 Aug 2008
11.10-11.40 Dunn, Jim Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
X-ray laser interferometry of confined laser-produced plasmas
11.40-12.10 Noh, Do Young Gwangju Inst of Science and Tech
Coherent x-ray diffraction imaging: an application for x-ray lasers
12.10-12.30 Booth, Nicola University of York
Ablation rate measurements using Ni-like Ag x-ray laser transmission
12.30-12.50 Marconi, Mario Colorado State University
Soft x-ray holography with wavelength resolution
Session 3 Mon 18 Aug 2008
14.00-14.30 Rocca, Jorge J Colorado State University
High coherence injection-seeded table-top soft x-ray lasers at wavelengths down to 13.2 nm and other advances in compact soft x-ray lasers
14.30-15.00 Ros, David Laserix, France
Present status and perspectivesfor the French LASERIX facility
15.00-15.20 Namikawa, Kazumichi Tokyo Gakugei University
High sensitive characterisation of micro-domain structures inPZN-PT (91-09) by soft X-ray laser
Session 4 Mon 18 Aug 2008
15.50-16.20 Pert, Geoff University of York
The scaling of recombination following tunnel ionisation and its suitability for generating X-ray laser gain
16.20-16.50 Sebban, Stephane ENSTA-Ecole Polytechnique
High quality soft x-ray laser beam at 32.8 nm
16.50-17.10 de Dortan, Francois LIXAM
Influence of the number of levels on the modelisation of collisional X-ray lasers
Session 5 Tues 19 Aug 2008
09.00-09.30 Rhodes, Charles K University of Illinois
09.30-10.00 Vinogradov, Alexander Lebedev Physical InstitutePower scaling optimizaiton of 2.9 angstrom Xe(L) x-ray amplifier into multi-petawatt regime
Design study of compact Thomson X-ray sources for material and life sciences applications
10.00-10.20 Burtsev, Vladimir DV Efremov Scientific Research Institute
Complex numerical research and optimizaiton of EUV laser on hydrogen-like ions of nitrogen in low-inductive discharges
10.20-10.40 Vrbova, Mira Czech Technical University Prague
Modelling of capillary Z-pinch recombination pumping of hydrogen-like ion EUV lasers
Session 6 Tues 19 Aug 2008
11.10-11.40 Midorikawa, Katsumi Laser Technology Laboratory
Coherent water-window x-ray generation by phase-matched high harmonics in neutral media
11.40-12.10 Nam, Chang Hee KAIST
12.10-12.30 Kim, Chul Min Advanced Photonics Research InstituteSpectral characteristics of strong high harmonics generated in a two-color laser field
Propagation of a high-harmonic pulse through a population-inverted medium
12.30-12.50 Goddet, Jean-Philippe Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquee
Compact diffraction-limited laser beam in the soft x-ray range
Session 7 Tues 19 Aug 2008
14.00-14.30 Tschentscher, Thomas DESY
Application of extremely bright and coherent soft and hard x-ray free-electron laser radiation
14.30-15.00 Wark, Justin Clarendon Laboratory
High energy density science on 4th generation x-ray sources
15.00-15.20 Cipicca, S Strathclyde University
X-ray production techniques using laser plasma accelerators
Session 8 : Posters Tues 19 Aug 2008
15.30-18.00 Poster list
09.00-09.30 Balmer, Juerg Institute of Applied Physics
Recent progress in grazing-incidence-pumped x-ray lasers in UNI-BE
09.30-10.00 Klisnick, Annie LIXAM
Recent developments on GRIP X-ray lasers, seeded or unseeded
10.00-10.20 Notley, Margaret CLF
Central Laser Facility high power laser capabilities applied to X-ray laser science
10.20-10.40 Ochi, Yoshihiro Japan Atomic Energy Agency
New driver laser system for double target X-ray lasers
Session 10 Wed 20 Aug 2008
11.10-11.40 Lin, Jiunn-Yuan National Chung Cheng University
High brightness optical-field-ionization x-ray lasers driven in plasma waveguides
11.40-12.10 Suckewer, Szymon Princeton University
Toward ultraintense compact RBS laser for 3.4 nm OFI laser
12.10-12.30 Robillart, Bruno Lab de Physique des Gaz et des
Plasmas
Modeling of an ultra-short X-ray laser pulse amplificaiton through an optical-field-ionized gas using a Maxwell-Bloch treatment
Session 11 Thurs 21 Aug 2008
09.00-09.30 Nilsen, Joseph LLNL
Advances in understanding the anomalous dispersion of palsmas in the x-ray regime
09.30-10.00 Tallents, Greg University of York
X-ray lasers as probes of plasma parameters
10.00-10.20 Sun, Jinren Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma
Experimental diagnosis of plasm jets by using X-ray laser
10.20-10.40 Rocca, Jorge J NSF ERC
Warm photoionized plasmas created by soft X-ray laser irradiation of solid targets
Session 12 Thurs 21 Aug 2008
11.10-11.40 Zepf, Matthew Queen's University Belfast
High harmonics from relativistically oscillating plasma surfaces - a high brightness attosecond source at keV photon energies
11.40-12.10 Jaroszynski, Dino University of Strathclyde
X-ray sources based on laser driven plasma wakefield accelerators
12.10-12.30 Hasegawa, Noboru Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Polarization control of the x-ray laser by the pulse-power magnet
12.30-12.50 Kozlova, M Acad of Sciences of the Czech Republic
High resolution X-ray laser backlighting of plasmas using spatial filtering technique
Session 13 Thurs 21 Aug 2008
14.00-14.30 Artyukov, Igor Lebedev Physical Institute
Graded multilayer optics for high resolution imaging in the 'carbon window' spectral region (4.5-5 nm)
14.30-15.00 Menoni, Carmen Colorado State University
Advances in nanoscale resolution soft x-ray laser microscopy
15.00-15.20 Wang, Zhanshan Institute of Precision Optical
Engineering
Development of multilayer optics in EUV, soft X-ray and X-ray range at IPOE
Session 14 Thurs 21 Aug 2008
15.50-16.20 Daido, Hiroyuki Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Review on recent high intensity physics experiments relevant to x-ray and quantum beam generation at JAEA
16.20-16.40 Guilbaud, Oliver LIXAM
Fourier-limited seeded soft x-ray laser pulse
16.40-17.00 Mocek, Tomas Institute of Physics
Efficient surface modification of solids by dual action of XUV/Vis-NIR ultrashort pulse
Session 15 Fri 22 Aug 2008
09.00-09.30 Janulewicz, Karol Gwangju Institute of Science and
Tech
GRIP geometry: double-vs single-pump laser pulse arrangement
09.30-09.50 Zielbauer, Bernhard Universite Paris Sud 11
Double-strand breaks in DNA samples induced with LASERIX
09.50-10-10 Zimmer, Daniel GSI
An improved double-pulse non-normal incidence pumping geometry for transient collisionally excited soft X-ray lasers
10.10-10.30 Cheng, T China Univer of Mining and Technology
Effects of inhomogeneous incident line focus on 2D hydrodynamic behaviours of x-ray laser plasma on slab
Session 16 Fri 22 Aug 2008
11.10-11.40 Kim, Hyung Taek Advanced Photonics Research
Institute
Characteristics of x-ray lasers pumped by 10-Hz Ti:Sapphire laser system at APRI
11.40-12.10 Tuemmler J (Nickles, PV) MBI
Towards a 100 Hz X-ray laser station
12.10-12.30 Kato, Yoshiaki Grad School for New Photonics
Industries
Network research centers on frontiers in optical science
12.30-12.50 Closing Remarks