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The UNIS group is working on the field of intense ultrashort laser pulse interaction with matter and the development of novel secondary sources.
Using a terawatt (TW) power level femtosecond (fs) laser source as a driving unit we are building a unique experimental facility. In this facility are gathered in a single laboratory workstations that provide secondary ultrashort light sources covering a large part of the electromagnetic spectrum from X-rays up to intense THz radiation. These sources are generated through a number of highly nonlinear interactions and propagation effects of the driving laser pulses with matter.
Beyond the secondary sources another major research axis of the group is the study of nonlinear propagation phenomena and laser pulse filamentation. Our interest here, into other, is focused on filamentation tailoring, that is the control over the filamentation process and properties.
In our research we are dealing with both fundamental science aspects as well as technological applications. The polyvalent nature of our facility allows studies in cross-disciplinary science including physics, chemistry, materials science and bio-medicine.
Our group profits from financing coming from National and European Union sources. Also, we our proud to be supported by a Marie Curie Excellence Grant.
Our facility is open to collaborations with European researchers through the Laserlab-Europe network. For more information you may contact us at unis@iesl.forth.gr
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Our group lunched in 2009 and operates since then Filamentation.org, a unique information resource on the field of intense short pulse nonlinear laser propagation phenomena.
