【T. D. Lee Special Colloquium】Laser Driven Radiation Sources - Extreme light fields pushing sources into new regimes

by Prof. Matt Zepf (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)

Friday 20 Mar 2026, 14:00 → 15:00 Asia/Shanghai

Tsung-Dao Lee Institute/N4F-N400 - meeting room (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute)

Host: Prof. Jie Zhang (张杰)

 

Abstract:

Ultrafast Lasers are capable of creating extreme conditions. By controlling plasmas precisely the conditions for a new class of accelerators and photon sources with unprecedented parameters is possible. We highlight developments and future potential of these sources.

Bio:

Prof. Matt Zepf, is a professor at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and a director of the Helmholtz Institute Jena. He received his Ph.D. from University of Oxford. Prior to join the University of Jena, he conducted postdoctoral research at Imperial College, was EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow and Professor at Queen’s University Belfast (since 2001). He has made notable achievements across the areas of high field physics and particle acceleration. His achievements includes ROM Harmonics, inventor of Cone Ignition and first observation of high energy protons from relativistic plasmas. He received Wolfson Merit Award of Royal Society and a member of Royal Irish Academy.