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E-mail: polyanskiy@bnl.gov
Education
Education
2004: Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
2000: Master's degree in physics. St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
1997: Bachelor's degree in physics. St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Experience
Experience
01/2022–now: Senior Physicist (tenured starting 01/2024) at Accelerator Test Facility (ATF), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA. Responsible for the long-wave-infrared (LWIR) laser capability; research and development toward next-generation high-power LWIR lasers; support of ATF’s user program.
10/2014–12/2021: Physicist at Accelerator Test Facility, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA. Ultra-high-power CO2 laser R&D, support for user experiments.
10/2011–09/2014: Associate Physicist at Accelerator Test Facility, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA. Ultra-high-power CO2 laser R&D, support for user experiments.
07/2009–09/2011: Assistant Physicist at Accelerator Test Facility, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA. Ultra-high-power CO2 laser R&D, support for user experiments.
07/2007–07/2009: Research Associate at Accelerator Test Facility, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA. Development of advanced CO2 laser system for applications in high energy physics research. [Experience: gas lasers; ultrashort pulses; laser-pulse characterization; simulation software development.]
11/2004–07/2007: Senior Engineer in Samsung SDI CO., Ltd., Production Engineering Research Laboratory, Suwon, South Korea. Development of laser equipment for plasma display panel (PDP) production processes. [Experience: optical design; high-power industrial lasers; MOEMS; diffractive optics; lithography and laser ablation. Responsible for optical-system development from concept to prototype.]
03/2000–09/2004: Ph.D. research project [thesis full text] "Overtone pre-excitation – infrared multiple photon dissociation under collisional conditions: new potential for laser isotope separation", Laboratory of Molecular Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland [Experience: molecular spectroscopy; gas and solid-state lasers; nonlinear optics; mass spectrometry; vacuum equipment; data acquisition and analysis.]
1999–2000: Master's diploma project "LIF analysis of mixtures of complex organic compounds", Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
1997: Diploma project "Development of LIDAR system for atmospheric ozone probing", Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Publications - Journal papers
Publications - Journal papers
(also on Google Scholar and ORCID )
S. Ya. Tochitsky, D. A Matteo, E. Geske, D. Martyshkin, V. V. Fedorov, S. B. Mirov, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. N. Polyanskiy, and C. Joshi, "Amplification of 10 μm picosecond pulses in a compact optically pumped multiatmosphere CO2 laser", Opt. Express 33, 40358, 2025
A. Zingale, S. Waczynski, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, J. Sears, R. E. Lakis, H. M. Milchberg, "Remote detection of radioactive material using a short-pulse CO2 laser", Phys. Rev. Applied 23, 034004, 2025
I. V. Pogorelsky and M. N. Polyanskiy, "Harnessing ultra-intense long-wave infrared lasers: New frontiers in fundamental and applied research", Photonics 12, 221, 2025
N. P. Dover, O. Tresca, N. Cook, O. C. Ettlinger, R. J. Kingham, C. Maharjan, M. N. Polyanskiy, P. Shkolnikov, I. Pogorelsky, "Optical imaging of laser-driven fast electron Weibel-like filamentation in overcritical density plasma", Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 025102, 2025
Y. Wu, A. Farrell, M. Sinclair, C. Zhang, I. Petrushina, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, M. Babzien, W. Li, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, M. Fedurin; K. Kusche, M. Palmer, K. A. Marsh, C. Joshi, "Thermal Weibel instability induced magnetic fields co-exist with linear wakes in laser-ionized plasmas", Phys. Plasmas 31, 072108, 2024
Y. Sakai, M. Babzien, M. Fedurin, K. Kusche, O. Williams, A. Fukasawa, B. Naranjo, A. Murokh, R. Agustsson, A. Simmonds, P. Jacob, G. Stenby, R. Malone, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Palmer, J. Rosenzweig, "Hard X-ray inverse Compton scattering at photon energy of 87.5 keV", Sci. Rep. 14, 18467, 2024
R. Zgadzaj, J. Welch, Y. Cao, L. D. Amorim, A. Cheng, A. Gaikwad, P. Iapozzutto, P. Kumar, V. N. Litvinenko, I. Petrushina, R. Samulyak, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, C. Joshi, C. Zhang, M. Babzien, M. Fedurin, R. Kupfer, K. Kusche, M. A. Palmer, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. N. Polyanskiy, C. Swinson, M. C. Downer, "Plasma electron acceleration driven by a long-wave-infrared laser", Nat. Commun. 15, 4037, 2024
I. V. Pogorelsky, M. N. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, A. Simmonds, M. A. Palmer, "Terawatt-class femtosecond long-wave infrared laser", Front. Phys. 12, 1390225, 2024
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, K. L. Vodopyanov, M. A. Palmer, "Nonlinear refraction and absorption properties of optical materials for high-peak-power long-wave-infrared lasers", Opt. Mater. Express 14, 696–714, 2024
M. N. Polyanskiy, "Refractiveindex.info database of optical constants", Sci. Data 11, 94, 2024
L. Kiani, T. Zhou, S.-W. Bahk, J. Bromage, D. Bruhwiler, E. M. Campbell, Z. Chang, E. Chowdhury, M. Downer, Q. Du, E. Esarey, A. Galvanauskas, T. Galvin, C. Häfner, D. Hoffmann, C. Joshi, M. Kanskar, W. Lu, C. Menoni, M. Messerly, S. B. Mirov, M. Palmer, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, E. Power, B. Reagan, J. Rocca, J. Rothenberg, B. E. Schmidt, E. Sistrunk, T. Spinka, S. Tochitsky, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, J. van Tilborg, R. Wilcox, J. Zuegel, C. Geddes, "High average power ultrafast laser technologies for driving future advanced accelerators", J. Instrum. 18, T08006, 2023
Y.-H. Chen, A. C. Ting , B. Hafizi , M. H. Helle, L. A. Johnson , M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky , M. Babzien , N. P. Dover , O. C. Ettlinger, G. S. Hicks, E.-J. Ditter, Z. Najmudin, D. F. Gordon, "Proton acceleration in an overdense hydrogen plasma by intense CO2 laser pulses with nonlinear propagation effects in the underdense pre-plasma", Phys. Plasmas 30, 053106, 2023
Y. Sakai , O. B. Williams , A. Fukasawa , A. Murokh, R. Kupfer, K. Kusche, M. Fedurin, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, M. Palmer, J. B. Rosenzweig, "Electron-beam–controlled deflection of near-infrared laser in semiconductor plasma", J. Appl. Phys. 133, 143102, 2023
R. Kupfer, F. Wang, J. F. Wishart, M. Babzien, M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, T. Rao, L. Cultrera, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, M. A. Palmer, “Raman wavelength conversion in ionic liquids”, Phys. Rev. Appl. 19, 014052, 2023
Z. Chang, L. Fang, V. Fedorov, C. Geiger, S. Ghimire, C. Heide, N. Ishii, J. Itatani, C. Joshi, Y. Kobayashi, P. Kumar, A. Marra, S. Mirov, I. Petrushina, M. Polyanskiy, D. A. Reis, S. Tochitsky, S. Vasilyev, L. Wang, Y. Wu, F. Zhou, "Intense infrared lasers for strong-field science", Adv. Opt. Photonics 14, 652–782, 2022
C. Zhang, Y. Wu, M. Sinclair, A. Farrell, K. A. Marsh, J. Hua, I. Petrushina, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, R. Kupfer, K. Kusche, M. Fedurin, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, C.-K. Huang, W. Lu, W. B. Mori, C. Joshi, "Electron Weibel instability induced magnetic fields in optical-field ionized plasmas", Phys. Plasmas 29, 062102, 2022
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, R. Kupfer, K. L. Vodopyanov, M. A. Palmer, "Post-compression of long-wave infrared 2 picosecond sub-terawatt pulses in bulk materials", Opt. Express 29, 31714–31725, 2021
M. N. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, I. V. Pogorelsky, R. Kupfer, K. L. Vodopyanov, M. A. Palmer, "Single-shot measurement of the nonlinear refractive index of air at 9.2 µm with a picosecond terawatt CO2 laser", Opt. Lett. 46, 2067, 2021
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, R. Kupfer, N. Vafaei-Najafabad, M. A. Palmer, "High-peak-power long-wave infrared lasers with CO2 amplifiers", Photonics. 8, 101, 2021
I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, T. Shaftan, "Converting conventional electron accelerators to high peak brilliance Compton light sources", Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 120702, 2020
N. Sudar, P. Musumeci, A. Ovodenko, A. Murokh, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Fedurin, C. Swinson, K. Kusche, M. Babzien, M. Palmer, "Burst mode MHz repetition rate inverse free electron laser acceleration", Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 051301, 2020
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, M. A. Palmer, "Demonstration of a 2 ps, 5 TW peak power, long-wave infrared laser based on chirped-pulse amplification with mixed-isotope CO2 amplifiers", OSA Continuum 3, 459–472, 2020
S. Tochitsky, E. Welch, P. Panagiotopoulos, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Kolesik, S. W. Koch, J. V. Moloney, C. Joshi, "Filamentation of long-wave infrared pulses in the atmosphere [Invited]", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 36, G40-G51, 2019
D. Tovey, S. Ya. Tochitsky, J. J. Pigeon, G. J. Louwrens, M. N. Polyanskiy, I. Ben-Zvi, and C. Joshi, "Multi-atmosphere picosecond CO2 amplifier optically pumped at 4.3 μm", Appl. Opt. 21, 5756–5763, 2019
S. Tochitsky, E. Welch, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, P. Panagiotopoulos, M. Kolesik, E. M. Wright, S. W. Koch, J. V. Moloney, J. Pigeon, C. Joshi, "Megafilament in air formed by self-guided terawatt long-wavelength infrared laser", Nat. Photon. 13, 41–46, 2019
I. Gadjev, N. Sudar, M. Babzien, J. Duris, P. Hoang, M. Fedurin, K. Kusche, R. Malone, P. Musumeci, M. Palmer, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, Y. Sakai, C. Swinson, O. Williams, J. B. Rosenzweig, "An inverse free electron laser acceleration-driven Compton scattering X-ray source", Sci. Rep. 9, 532, 2019
N. Sudar, P. Musumeci, I. Gadjev, Y. Sakai, S. Fabbri, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Fedurin, C. Swinson, K. Kusche, M. Babzien, M. Palmer, "Demonstration of cascaded modulator-chicane microbunching of a relativistic electron beam", Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 114802, 2018
Y. Sakai, I. Gadjev, P. Hoang, N. Majernik, A. Nause, A. Fukasawa, O. Williams, M. Fedurin, B. Malone, C. Swinson, K. Kusche, M. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, M. Montemagno, Z. Zhong, P. Siddons, I. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, T. Kumita, Y. Kamiya, J. B. Rosenzweig, "Single shot, double differential spectral measurements of inverse Compton scattering in the nonlinear regime", Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 20, 060701, 2017
A. Ovodenko, R. Agustsson, M. Babzien, T. Campese, M. Fedurin, A. Murokh, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, J. Rosenzweig, Y. Sakai, T. Shaftan, C. Swinson, "High duty cycle inverse Compton scattering X-ray source", Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 253504, 2016
N. Sudar, P. Musumeci, J. Duris, I. Gadjev, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Fedurin, C. Swinson, K. Kusche, M. Babzien, A. Gover, "High efficiency energy extraction from a relativistic electron beam in a strongly tapered undulator", Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 174801, 2016
I. V. Pogorelsky, M. N. Polyanskiy, W. D. Kimura, "Mid-infrared lasers for energy frontier plasma accelerators", Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 19, 091001, 2016
N. P. Dover, N. Cook, O. Tresca, O. Ettlinger, C. Maharjan, M. N. Polyanskiy, P. Shkolnikov, I. Pogorelsky, Z. Najmudin, "Optical shaping of gas targets for laser-plasma ion sources," J. Plasma Phys. 82, 415820101, 2016
O. Tresca, N. P. Dover, N. Cook, C. Maharjan, M. N. Polyanskiy, Z. Najmudin, P. Shkolnikov, I. Pogorelsky, "Spectral modification of shock accelerated ions using a hydrodynamically shaped gas target," Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 094802, 2015
M. N. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, I. V. Pogorelsky, "Chirped-pulse amplification in a CO2 laser," Optica 2, 675–681, 2015
Y. Sakai, I. Pogorelsky, O. Williams, F. O’Shea, S. Barber, I. Gadjev, J. Duris, P. Musumeci, M. Fedurin, A. Korostyshevsky, B. Malone, C. Swinson, G. Stenby, K. Kusche, M. Babzien, M. Montemagno, P. Jacob, Z. Zhong, M. Polyanskiy, V. Yakimenko, J. Rosenzweig, "Observation of redshifting and harmonic radiation in inverse Compton scattering," Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 18, 060702, 2015
M. N. Polyanskiy, "co2amp: A software program for modeling the dynamics of ultrashort pulses in optical systems with CO2 amplifiers," Appl. Opt. 54, 5136–5142, 2015
J. Duris, P. Musumeci, M. Babzien, M. Fedurin, K. Kusche, R. K. Li, J. Moody, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, J. B. Rosenzweig, Y. Sakai, C. Swinson, E. Threlkeld, O. Williams, V. Yakimenko, "High-quality electron beams from a helical inverse free-electron laser accelerator," Nature Communications 5, 4928, 2014
I. Pogorelsky, R. Agustsson, T. Campese, A. Murokh, A. Ovodenko, M. Polyanskiy, T. Shaftan, "High-repetition intra-cavity source of Compton radiation, "J. Phys. B 47, 234014, 2014
I. V. Pogorelsky, M. N. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, V. Yakimenko, N. P. Dover, C. A. J. Palmer,Z. Najmudin, P. Shkolnikov, G. Dudnikova, "Laser induced cavities and solitons in overcritical hydrogen plasma," Laser Physics 21, 1288–1294, 2011
Z. Najmudin, C. Palmer, N. Dover, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, A. E. Dangor, G. I. Dudnikova, P. S. Foster, J. S. Green, M. Ispiriyan, D. Neely, M. Polyanskiy, J. Schreiber, P. Shkolnikov, V. Yakimenko, "Observation of impurity free monoenergetic proton beams from the interaction of a CO2 laser with a gaseous target," Phys. Plasmas 18, 056705, 2011
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, "Picosecond pulse amplification in isotopic CO2 active medium," Opt. Express 19, 7717–7725, 2011
C. A. J. Palmer, N. P. Dover, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, G. I. Dudnikova, M. Ispiriyan, M. N. Polyanskiy, J. Schreiber, P. Shkolnikov, V. Yakimenko, Z. Najmudin, "Monoenergetic proton beams accelerated by a radiation pressure driven shock," Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 014801, 2011
M. N. Polianski, O. V. Boyarkin, T. R. Rizzo, "Efficient, highly-selective laser isotope separation of carbon-13," Appl. Phys. B 83, 311–317, 2006
M. Polianski, O. V. Boyarkin, T. R. Rizzo, "Collisionally assisted, highly-selective laser isotope separation of carbon-13," J. Chem. Phys. 121, 11771–11779, 2004
M. Polianski, O. V. Boyarkin, T. R. Rizzo, V. M. Apatin, V. B. Laptev, E. A. Ryabov, "Infrared laser chemistry of trichlorosilane in view of silicon isotope separation," J. Phys. Chem. A 107, 8578–8583, 2003
V. B. Borisov, V. M. Nemets, M. N. Polyanskiy, A. A. Solov'ev, "Possibility of application of multidimensional statistical analysis of spectra in LIF study of complex mixtures of organic compounds," Analitika i kontrol' 4, 151–156, 2000 (in Russian)
V. B. Borisov, V. M. Nemets, A. A. Pastor, M. N. Polyanskiy, A. A. Solov'ev, "LIF technique for analysis of petroleum products and detection of organic compounds in water," Pribori i Sistemi Upravleniya 6, 43–44, 1999 (in Russian)
Publications - Miscellaneous
Publications - Miscellaneous
Book chapter
M. N. Polyanskiy and M. Babzien, "Ultrashort pulses," in: CO2 laser – optimization and application, D. C. Dumitras (ed.), InTech, 2012, ISBN 978-953-51-0351-6, pp 139-162
Patents
M. N. Polyanskiy, "Pulse compressor," United States Patent Application US20160013605A1 (Jan. 14, 2016)
J. S. Park, M. Polianski, G. W. Han. "Exposure device including diffraction optical device," Korean Patent Application KR20080082051A (Sept. 11, 2008)
W. S. Park, M. Polianski. "Equipment for direct patterning using backward lightening," Korean Patent KR100670433B1 (Jan. 16, 2007)
Web
M. N. Polyanskiy, "Refractive index database," https://refractiveindex.info
Video
M. N. Polyanskiy, "523rd Brookhaven Lecture - The past, present & future of ultrafast CO2 lasers: A success story inspired by accelerator science." Jan. 26, 2022
https://www.bnl.gov/video/?v=762
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXXwqBoX73kM. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, R. Kupfer, W. Li, M. Palmer "How to build a 25 TW CO2 laser" (based on a talk at the Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop AAC'22)
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/polyanskiy_how-to-build-a-25-tw-co2-laser-from-advanced-activity-6997269198825496577-D0AI
arXiv pre-prints
S. Gessner et al., "Design initiative for a 10 TeV pCM wakefield collider", arXiv:2503.20214, 2025
A. Jain, J. Yan, J. R. Pierce, T. T. Simpson, M. Polyanskiy, W. Li, M. Babzien, M. Palmer, M. Downer, R. Samulyak, C. Joshi, W. B. Mori, J. P. Palastro, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, "Collider-quality electron bunches from an all-optical plasma photoinjector", arXiv:2503.09557, 2025
Publications - Meetings and conferences
Publications - Meetings and conferences
I. Pogorelsky, W. Li , D. Choge, M. Babzien, M. Palmer, M. Polyanskiy, N. Vafai-Najafabadi, S. Biedron "Research opportunities at Brookhaven's Accelerator Test Facility supported by multi-wavelength lasers combined with an electron beam", European Advanced Accelerator Conference (EAAC2025), La Biodola Bay, Isola d'Elba (Italy), September 21–27 2025
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, W. Li, D. K. Choge, M. A. Palmer, "Prospects for High-Power (Peak and Average) Femtosecond Lasers Beyond 9 μm", IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID), Miramar Beach, FL (USA), August 13–15, 2025 [proceedings] - Invited talk
M. Polyanskiy, D. Choge, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, M A. Palmer, W. Li, "Status and perspectives of multi-terawatt long-wave infrared lasers for particle acceleration research", International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'25), Taipei (Taiwan), June 1–6 2025
Y. Sakai, A. Simmonds, A. Lueangaramwong, I. Pogorelsky, J. Rosenzweig, K. Kusche, M. Babzien, M. Palmer, M. Fedurin, M. Polyanskiy, S. Shchelkunov, W. Li , "Sub 100 keV hard X-ray inverse compton sattering experiment at BNL ATF", International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'25), Taipei (Taiwan), June 1–6 2025
I. Pogorelsky, M. Fedurin, W. Li, M. Polyanskiy, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi' S. Biedron, M. Palmer, M. Babzien, "User research at Brookhaven Accelerator Facilities Division", International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'25), Taipei (Taiwan), June 1–6 2025
W. Li, I. Pogorelsky, M. Palmer, M. Polyanskiy, "Comparison of direct laser acceleration performance using radially polarized near infrared and long-wave infrared lasers", International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'25), Taipei (Taiwan), June 1–6 2025
S. Shchelkunov, A. Simmonds, A. Lueangaramwong, G. Stenby III, I. Pogorelsky, J. Alzamora, K. Kusche, K. Roy, M. Babzien, M. Palmer, M. Peniera, M. Fedurin, M. Polyanskiy, T. Ilardi, W. Li, Y. Sakai, "Accelerator test facility upgrades to enable further advancements in the science and technology of accelerators", International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'25), Taipei (Taiwan), June 1–6 2025
S. Shchelkunov, A. Simmonds, A. Lueangaramwong, G. Stenby III, I. Pogorelsky, J. Alzamora, K. Kusche, K. Roy, M. Babzien, M. Palmer, M. Peniera, M. Fedurin, M. Polyanskiy, T. Ilardi, W. Li, Y. Sakai, "Recent progress at the Low Energy Accelerator Development Facility", International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'25), Taipei (Taiwan), June 1–6 2025
I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, S. Biedron, D. Choge, M. Fedurin, K. Kusche, W. Li, M. Palmer, M. Polyanskiy, A. Simmonds, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, "Brookhaven's accelerator test facility: a testbed for advanced particle accelerators and lasers", Laser Technology for Defense and Security XX, Orlando, FL (USA), April 16–17, 2025 [proceedings and presentation]
M. Polyanskiy, "LWIR laser status and upgrades", 27th ATF User's Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), April 29 – May 1, 2025 [slides]
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, D. K. Choge, M. Babzien, W. Li, M. A. Palmer, "Post-compression of multiterawatt long-wave infrared pulses", SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, Prague (Czech Republic), April 7–10, 2025 [proceedings and presentation]
M. N. Polyanskiy, D. K. Choge, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, W. Li, M. A. Palmer, "Nonlinear properties of bulk optical materials for high-peak-power long-wave-infrared lasers", SPIE LASE (Photonics West), San Francisco, CA (USA), January 25–30, 2025 [proceedings and presentation]
D. K. Choge, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, W. Li, M. Palmer, "Picosecond laser damage thresholds of materials for high-peak-power LWIR laser applications", SPIE Laser Damage, San Ramon, CA (USA), October 7–11, 2024 [abstract and poster]
A. Gaikwad, I. Petrushina, I. Pogorelsky, K. Kusche, W. Li, K. Miller, E. Trommer, B. Romasky, M. Petrusky, R. Kupfer, M. Babzien, M. Palmer, M. Fedurin, M. Polyanskiy, N. Manzella, A. Farrell, C. Joshi, C. Zhang, Y. Wu, R. Samulyak, V. Litvinenko, M. Downer, R. Zgadzaj, N. Pathak, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, "Field mapping of CO2-laser-driven LWFA at low density using electron beam probing", 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Atlanta, GA (USA), October 7–11, 2024 [abstract]
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, W. Li, D. Choge, M. A. Palmer , "Enabling technologies for next-generation M/L-WIR lasers", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Naperville, IL (USA), July 21–26, 2024
M. Polyanskiy, "Architecture for next generation LWIR laser", ATF Science Planning Workshop, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), June 20–21, 2024 [slides]
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, K. Vodopyanov, M. A. Palmer, “n2 database and new data on nonlinear optical properties in long-wave infrared”, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Charlotte, NC (USA), May 5–10 2024 [summary]
I. Pogorelsky, M. Palmer, M. Polyanskiy, M. Fedurin, M. Babzien, W. Li, A. Simmonds, S. Biedron, "Research capabilities at Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility", APS April Meeting 2024, Sacramento CA (USA), April 3–6, 2024 [abstract]
I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, W. Li, M. Babzien, M. A. Palmer, "Emerging ultra-fast multi-terawatt long-wave infrared lasers", Optica High-Brightness Sources and Light-Driven Interactions Congress, Vienna (Austria), March 12–14 2024 [proceedings]
I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, W. Li, M. Babzien, S. Biedron, and M. A. Palmer, "Research opportunities with multi-terawatt long-wave infrared lasers", Laser Applications Conference 2023, Tacoma, WA (USA), October 8–12 2023 [proceedings]
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, W. H. Li, R. Kupfer, M. A. Palmer, "Multi-terawatt, sub-picosecond long-wave infrared laser for next-generation particle accelerators", International Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC'23), Venice (Italy), May 7–12 2023 [proceedings]
W. H. Li, R. Kupfer, M. Babzien, L. Cultrera, M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, T. Rao, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, F. Wang, J. F. Wishart, M. A. Palmer. "Raman conversion in calcite crystals for seeding CO2 lasers", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA (USA), May 7–12 2023 [summary]
R. Kupfer, A. Chang, I. Petrushina, A. Gaikwad, I. Bromberg, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. N. Polyanskiy, K. Kusche, M. Babzien, M. Fedurin, R. Zgadzaj, M. C. Downer, V. Litvinenko, R. V. Samulyak, M. Palmer, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi. "Two color ionization seeded laser wakefield accelerator", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA (USA), May 7–12 2023 [summary]
I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, W. Li, M. N. Polyanskiy, M. A. Palmer, “Opportunities for directed energy research with femtosecond long-wavelength lasers”, 2023 Annual Directed Energy Science and Technology Symposium, San Antonio, TX (USA), April 3–6 2023
M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, R. Kupfer, W. Li, M. Palmer , "9.3 microns: Toward next-generation CO2 laser for particle accelerators", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Long Island, NY (USA), November 6–11, 2022 [proceedings]
M. Polyanskiy, "Multi-terawatt long wave infrared lasers: Status and perspectives", 23rd International Symposium on High-Power Laser Systems and Applications, Prague (Czech Republic) June 13–16, 2022
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, R. Kupfer, M. A. Palmer, "The choice of materials for post-compression of high-peak-power long-wave infrared pulses", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA (USA), May 15–20 2022 [summary]
M. Sinclair, C. Zhang, Y. Wu, A. Farrell, Z. Nie, K. Marsh, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, I. Petrushina, R. Kupfer, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, M. Fedurin, K. Kusche, M. Palmer, C. Joshi, "Frequency upshifting a CO2 laser pulse by collision with a relativistic ionization front", 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Pittsburgh, PA (USA), November 8–12, 2021 [abstract]
N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, K. Miller, T. Dalichaouch, N. Maher, N. Manzella, I. Petrushina, A. Gaikwad, R. Zgadzaj, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, M. Fedurin, R. Kupfer, K. Kusche, M. Polyanskiy, M. Palmer, R. Samulyak, C. Zhang, W. Mori, M. Downer, C. Joshi, V. Litvinenko, "Probing the fields of an LWFA in blowout regime using a relativistic electron beam", 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Pittsburgh, PA (USA), November 8–12, 2021 [abstract]
I. Petrushina, A. Gaikwad, R. Zgadzaj, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, M. Fedurin, R. Kupfer, K. Kusche, M. Polyanskiy, M. Palmer, R. Samulyak, C. Zhang, W. Mori, M. Downer, C. Joshi, V. Litvinenko, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, "Electron beam probing: essentials for the direct measurements of plasma wakefields", 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Pittsburgh, PA (USA), November 8–12, 2021 [abstract]
M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, R. Kupfer, M. Palmer (poster presented by I. Pogorelsky), "Ultrashort-pulse, terawatt, long-wave infrared lasers based on high-pressure CO2 amplifiers", EOS Annual Meeting (EOSAM), Rome (Italy), September 13-17 2021
I. V. Pogorelsky, M. N. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, M. A. Palmer, "Post-compression of 9.2-μm terawatt laser pulses to femtoseconds", EOS Annual Meeting (EOSAM), Rome (Italy), September 13-17 2021
I. Pogorelsky, T. Shaftan, and M. Polyanskiy, "Design optimization of high-peak-brilliance Compton light sources", Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources, Washington, DC (USA), November 16-20 2020 [proceedings]
I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, and M. Palmer, "Experiment on long-wave IR terawatt laser pulse compression to sub-picoseconds", Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources, Washington, DC (USA), November 16-20 2020 [proceedings]
R. Zgadzaj, J. Welch, M. C. Downer, I. Petrushina, P. Kaur, P. Iapozzuto, L. D. Amorim, J. Yan, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, P. Kumar, R. V. Samulyak, V. Litvinenko, C. Zhang, C. Joshi, I. Pogorelsky, R. Kupfer, M. Polyanskiy, M. Fedurin, M. Babzien, K. Kusche, C. Swinson, W. Mori, W. Lu, "Demonstration of CO2-laser-driven laser-wakefield acceleration at Brookhaven's Accelerator Test Facility", 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Remote; Time Zone: Central Standard Time (USA), November 9–13, 2020 [abstract]
I. Petrushina, R. Zgadzaj, P. Kaur, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, M. Fedurin, R. Kupfer, K. Kusche, M. Polyanskiy, M. Palmer, P. Kumar, R. Samulyak, J. Welch, K. Miller, C. Zhang, W. Mori, M. Downer, C. Joshi, V. Litvinenko, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, "Experimental investigation of interactions of long CO2 laser pulse with plasma at ATF", 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Remote; Time Zone: Central Standard Time (USA), November 9–13, 2020 [abstract]
M. Palmer, M. Babzien, C. Cullen, M. Fedurin, P. Kaur, R. Kupfer, K. Kusche, R. Malone, M. Montemagno, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, "Advanced accelerator and laser R&D at Brookhaven's Accelerator Test Facility", APS April Meeting 2020, Washington D.C. (USA), April 18–21, 2020 [abstract]
M. Polyanskiy, "LWIR laser progress", 22nd ATF User's Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), December 3–5, 2019 [slides]
M. Babzien, M. C. Downer, M. Fedurin, P. Iapozzuto, P. Kumar, V. N. Litvinenko, M. A. Palmer, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, R. V. Samulyak, J. R. Welch, J. Yan, R. Zgadzaj, "Recent progress with Brookhaven's ATF LWIR laser and future experimental plans", 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Fort Lauderdale, FL (USA), October 21–25 2019 [abstract]
M. N. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, M. A. Palmer, and I. Pogorelsky, "Multi-TW picosecond long-wave infrared laser for particle acceleration at ATF", North American Particle Accelerator Conf. (NAPAC'19), Lansing, MI (USA), September 2–6 2019 [slides]
M. A. Palmer, M. Babzien, C. Cullen, M. G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, R. Malone, M. A. Montemagno, I. Pogorelsky, M. N. Polyanskiy, "Recent progress and future plans for the Accelerator Test Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory", North American Particle Accelerator Conf. (NAPAC'19), Lansing, MI (USA), September 2–6 2019
Y. Yan, L. D. Amorim, P. Iapozzuto, V. Litvinenko, M. Mael, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, M. Babzien, M. G. Fedurin, Y. C. Jing, K. Kusche, M. A. Palmer, I. Pogorelsky, M. N. Polyanskiy, M. Downer, J. R. Welch, R. Zgadzaj, C. Joshi, W.B. Mori, P. Kumar, V. Samulyak, "Developing criteria for laser transverse instability in LWFA simulations", North American Particle Accelerator Conf. (NAPAC'19), Lansing, MI (USA), September 2–6 2019
S. Ya Tochitsky, E. C. Welch, M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, P. Panagiotopoulos, M. Kolesik, E. M. Wright, S. W. Koch, J. V. Moloney, C. Joshi, "Long-wave infrared megafilaments in air", Nonlinear Optics, Waikoloa Beach, HI (USA), July 15–19 2019 [proceedings]
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, M. A. Palmer, "Advanced long-wave infrared laser development at the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) of Brookhaven National Laboratory", International Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC'19), Melbourne, (USA), May 19–24 2019 (poster presented by M. Palmer)
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, M. A. Palmer, "The 9.2 μm, 2 ps, multi-terawatt laser at the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) of Brookhaven National Laboratory", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA (USA), May 5–10 2019 [summary]
M. Polyanskiy, "Status report on the B820 CO2 laser R&D program", 21st ATF User's Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), November 14–16, 2018 [slides]
M. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, I. Pogorelsky, M. Palmer, "Delivery of 2 ps, 2 TW, 9.2 µm laser beams at the ATF", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Breckenridge, CO (USA), August 12–17, 2018
J. Dawson, M. Polyanskiy, "Summary of working group 8: Advanced laser and beam technology and facilities", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Breckenridge, CO (USA), August 12–17, 2018 [proceedings]
M. Babzien, C. Cullen, M. Fedurin, K. Kusche, M. Palmer, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, C. Swinson, "Evolution of LWFA experiments at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Breckenridge, CO (USA), August 12–17, 2018
J. Yan, L. D. Amorim, P. Iapozzuto, M. Flament, Y. Jing, V. Litvinenko, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, I. Pogorelsky, C. Swinson, M. Babzien, K. Kusche, M. Polyanskiy, M. Fedurin, M. Palmer, R. Zgadzaj, J. Welch, M. Downer, C. Joshi, W. Lu, "Investigating laser instabilities for long, intense laser pulses in LWFAs", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Breckenridge, CO (USA), August 12–17, 2018 [proceedings]
Y.-H. Chen, D. Gordon, L. Johnson, B. Hafizi, D. Kaganovich, M. Babzien, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Palmer, J. Palastro, "Compression of terawatt long wavelength laser pulses through Raman backward amplification", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Breckenridge, CO (USA), August 12–17, 2018 [proceedings]
J. Welch, R. Zgadzaj, M. C. Downer, L. D. Amorim, M. Flament, P. Iapozzuto, Y. Jing, S. Kongtawong, P. Kumar, V. Litvinenko, R. Samulyk, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, M. Babzien, M. Fedurin, K. Kusche, M. Palmer, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, C. Swinson, J. Yan, C. Joshi, W.B. Mori, W. Lu, C. Zhang, "Brookhaven ATF experiment AE-71: CO2 laser-driven wakefields", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Breckenridge, CO (USA), August 12–17, 2018
M.C. Downer, J. Welch, R. Zgadzaj, L. D. Amorim, M. Flament, P. Iappozutto, S. Kongtawong, P. Kumar, V. Litvinenko, R. Samulyak, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, W. Lu, C. Zhang, C. Joshi (UCLA) Prof. W.B. Mori, M. Babzien, M. Fedurin, Y. Jing, K. Kusche, M. Palmer, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, C. Swinson, J. Yan, "CO2-laser-driven laser-wakefield acceleration experiments at Brookhaven’s Accelerator Test Facility", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Breckenridge, CO (USA), August 12–17, 2018
M. Fedurin, M. Babzien, C. Cullen, K. Kusche, R. Malone, M. Montemagno, M. Palmer, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, N. Sudar, C. Swinson, "Electron beam and diagnostic capabilities for e-beam driven experiments at BNL ATF", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Breckenridge, CO (USA), August 12–17, 2018
P. Iapozzuto, L. D. Amorim, M. Flament, V. Litvinenko, M. Palmer, I. Pogorelsky, C. Swinson, M. Babzien, K. Kusche, M. Polyanskiy, J. Yan, M. Fedurin, C. Zhang, W. Lui, M. Downer, R. Zgadzaj, J. Welch, C. Joshi, J. Yichao, W. Mori, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, "Electron beam probing of plasma structures in CO2 laser driven wakefields", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Breckenridge, CO (USA), August 12–17, 2018
I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, O. Ettlinger, Z. Najmudin, M. Palmer, "Opportunities for ion acceleration research based on ultra-fast CO2 lasers at the ATF", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Breckenridge, CO (USA), August 12–17, 2018
I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, M. Fedurin, C. Swinson, M. Palmer, "Past, present and future research opportunities in CO2 laser-driven ICS sources", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Breckenridge, CO (USA), August 12–17, 2018
N. Sudar, P. Musumeci, I. Gadjev, A. Ovodenko, A. Murokh, J. Duris, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Fedurin, C. Swinson, M. Babzien, Y. Sakai, K. Kusche, "Overview of Inverse Free Electron Laser concepts and recent results", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Breckenridge, CO (USA), August 12–17, 2018
M. N. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, M. A. Palmer, I. Pogorelsky, "CO2 CPA laser development for user experiments in advanced accelerators and radiation sources", International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC), Vancouver, BC (Canada), April 29 – May 4, 2018 [proceedings]
N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, L. D. Amorim, J. Yan, P. Iapozzuto, M. Flament, Y. Jing, V. N. Litvinenko, R. V. Samulyak, Pr. Kumar, I. Pogorelsky, C. Swinson, M. Babzien, K. Kusche, M. Polyanskiy, M. Fedurin, M. A. Palmer, R. Zgadzaj, J. R. Welch, M. C. Downer, C. Joshi, W. B. Mori, W. Lu, "Numerical study of long CO2 laser pulse interactions with hydrogen plasma at ATF", 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Portland, OR (USA), November 5–9, 2018 [abstract]
J. Welch, R. Zgadzaj, M. Downer, L. Amorim, M. Flament, P. Iapozzuto, J. Yan, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, V. Litvinenko, P. Kumar, R. Samulyak, C. Zhang, W. Lu, W. Mori, C. Joshi, M. Polyanskiy, C. Swinson, M. Babzien, K. Kusche, M. Fedurin, I. Pogorelsky, "CO2-laser-driven laser-wakefield acceleration experiments at Brookhaven's Accelerator Test Facility", 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Portland, OR (USA), November 5–9, 2018 [abstract]
S. Tochitsky, E. Welch, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, P. Panagiotopoulos, M. Kolesik, E. Wright, S. Koch, J. Moloney, J. Pigeon, C. Joshi, "Observation of arrest of Kerr self-focusing in a 10 µm filament in air at 1 TW/cm2 clamped intensity", 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Portland, OR (USA), November 5–9, 2018 [abstract]
L. Amorim, P. Iapozzuto, J. Yan, M. Downer, R. Zgadzaj, J. Welch, M. Fedurin, M. Polyanskiy, M. Palmer, M. Babzien, C. Swinson, I. Pogorelsky, K. Kusche, W. Lu, C. Joshi, "Electron beam probing of plasma structures in CO2 laser driven wakefields", 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Portland, OR (USA), November 5–9, 2018 [abstract]
J. Yan, L. D. Amorim, P. Iapozzuto, M. Flament, Y. Jing, V. Litvinenko, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, R. Samulyak, P. Kumar, I. Pogorelsky, C. Swinson, M. Babzien, K. Kusche, M. Polyanskiy, M. Fedurin, M. Palmer, R. Zgadzaj, J. Welch, M. Downer, C. Joshi, W. Mori, W. Lu, "Investigation of CO2 long intense laser pulse plasma instabilities in LWFAs", 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Portland, OR (USA), November 5–9, 2018 [abstract]
M. Polyanskiy, "CO2 system modeling & projections for ATF-II", 20th ATF User's Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), December 5–7, 2017
M. K. Weikum, G.Andonian, N. S. Sudar, M. G. Fedurin, M. N. Polyanskiy, C. Swinson, A. Ovodenko, F. O’Shea, M. Harrison, Z. M. Sheng, R. W. Assmanna, "Preliminary measurements for a sub-femtosecond electron bunch length diagnostic", 3rd European Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (EAAC 2017), La Biodola, Isola d'Elba (Italy), September 24–30, 2017, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A 909, 369–373 (2018)
J. R. Welch, R. Zgadzaj, M. Polyanskiy, C. Zhang, I. Pogorelsky, M. C. Downer, "Mid-IR, CO2-laser driven, self-modulated wakes", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA (USA), May 14–19, 2017 [proceedings]
G. Andonian, M. A. Harrison, F. H. O'Shea, A.G. Ovodenko, J. P. Duris, J. B. Rosenzweig, N. S. Sudar, M. G. Fedurin, K. Kusche, I. Pogorelsky, M. N. Polyanskiy, C. Swinson, M. K. Weikum, "Electron beam longitudinal diagnostic with sub-femtosecond resolution", 5th International Beam Instrumentation Conference, Barcelona (Spain), September 11–15, 2016 [proceedings]
O. Ettlinger, A. Sahai, G. Hicks, E.-J. Ditter, N. Dover, Y.-H. Chen, M. Helle, D. Gordon, A. Ting, M.l Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, Z. Najmudin, "Density bunching effects in a laser-driven, near-critical density plasma for ion acceleration", 58th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, San Jose, CA (USA), October 31 – November 4, 2016 [abstract]
M. Polyanskiy, "Elements of the CO2 laser system upgrade", 19th ATF Program Advisory Committee (APAC) and ATF User's Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), October 26–27, 2016 [slides]
M. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, I. Pogorelsky, "Ultrashort-pulse CO2 lasers: Ready for the race to petawatt!", 21st International Symposium on High-Power Laser Systems and Applications, Gmunden (Austria) September 05–09, 2016 - Invited talk
M. Polyankiy, M. Babzien, I. Pogorelsky, "BESTIA (Brookhaven Experimental Supra-Terawatt Infrared at ATF) laser: A status report", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), National Harbor, MD (USA), July 31 – August 5, 2016 AIP Conf. Proc. 1812, 110007 (2017) [summary and slides]
M. Fedurin, K. Kusche, R. Malone, M. Montemagno, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiky, C Swinson, M. Palmer, M. Babzien, "Review of present and upcoming experimental opportunities offered by ATF electron beamlines", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), National Harbor, MD (USA), July 31 – August 5, 2016 [summary and slides]
A. Ting, B. Hafizi, M. Helle, Y.-H. Chen, D. Gordon, D. Kaganovich, M. Polyankiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, C. Miao, N. Dover, Z. Najmudin, O. Ettlinger, "Staging and laser acceleration of ions in underdense plasma", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), National Harbor, MD (USA), July 31 – August 5, 2016 AIP Conf. Proc. 1812, 020001 (2017) [summary and slides]
Y.-H. Chen, M. Helle, A. Ting, D. Gordon, N. Dover, O. Ettlinger, Z. Najmudin, M. Polyankiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, "Laser acceleration of protons with an optically shaped, near-critical hydrogen gas target", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), National Harbor, MD (USA), July 31 – August 5, 2016 AIP Conf. Proc. 1812, 090002 (2017) [summary and slides]
I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyankiy, W. Lu, W. Kimura, "Mid-IR lasers for energy frontier plasma accelerators", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), National Harbor, MD (USA), July 31 – August 5, 2016 AIP Conf. Proc. 1812, 040001 (2017) [summary and slides]
J. Welch, M. Downer, M. Polyankiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, C. Swinson, W. Lu, C. Zhang, R. Zgadzaj, "CO2 laser-driven self-modulated laser wakefield experiment at ATF/BNL ", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), National Harbor, MD (USA), July 31 – August 5, 2016 [summary and slides]
I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, A. Murokh, "CO2 laser driven Compton scattering for future applications spanning from compact radiation sources to linear colliders", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), National Harbor, MD (USA), July 31 – August 5, 2016 [summary and slides]
A. Murokh, Y. Sakai, A. Ovodenko, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, J. Rosenzweig, "High duty cycle inverse Compton scattering X-ray source ", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), National Harbor, MD (USA), July 31 – August 5, 2016 [summary and slides]
M. Babzien, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, "Solid state lasers and applications proposed for Brookhaven’s ATF-II ", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), National Harbor, MD (USA), July 31 – August 5, 2016 [summary and slides]
C. Swinson, M. Palmer, M. Babzien, M. Fedurin, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, "Laser wakefield programs at the BNL Accelerator Test Facility moving towards external injection with CO2 lasers ", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), National Harbor, MD (USA), July 31 – August 5, 2016 [summary and slides]
M. Palmer, M. Babzien, I. Ben-Zvi, C. Folz, K. Kusche, R. Malone, M. Montemagno, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, J. Skaritka, L. Snydstrup, C. Swinson, M. Fedurin, "Status and plans for the Accelerator Test Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), National Harbor, MD (USA), July 31 – August 5, 2016 [summary and slides]
I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, I. Ben-Zvi, J. Skaritka, M. N. Polyanskiy, "BESTIA – The next generation ultra-fast CO2 laser for advanced accelerator research", 2nd European Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (EAAC 2015), La Biodola, Isola d'Elba (Italy), September 13–19, 2015, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A 829, 432-437 (2016)
I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, I. Ben-Zvi, M. N. Polyanskiy, J. Skaritka, O. Tresca, N. P. Dover, Z. Najmudin, W. Lu, N. Cook, "Extending laser plasma accelerators into the mid-IR spectral domain with a next-generation ultra-fast CO2 laser", Laser Plasma Accelerator Workshop, Guadeloupe, May 10–15, 2015 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 58, 034003 (2016)
M. Polyanskiy "100 TW CO2 laser development", Accelerator Test Facility User's Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), October 1–2, 2015 [slides]
M. N. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, I. Pogorelsky, "Multi-terawatt CO2 laser with chirped-pulse amplification", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA (USA), May 10–15, 2015[abstract]
I. V. Pogorelsky, I. Ben-Zvi, J. Skaritka, M. Babzien, M. N. Polyanskiy, Z. Najmudin, N. Dover, Wei Lu, "New opportunities for strong-field LPI research in the mid-IR", Relativistic Plasma Waves and Particle Beams as Coherent and Incoherent Radiation Sources, Prague (Czech Republic), April 15–16, 2015 Proc. SPIE 9509, 95090P
Y.-H. Chen, M. H. Helle, A. Ting, D. F. Gordon, M. N. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, Z. Najmudin, "Observation of monoenergetic protons from a near-critical gas target tailored by a hydrodynamic shock", Laser Acceleration of Electrons, Protons, and Ions, Prague (Czech Republic), April 13–15, 2015 Proc. SPIE 9514, 95140C
J. Duris, P. Musumeci, M. Babzien, S. Custodio, M. Fedurin, K. Kusche, R. K. Li, J. Moody, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, J. B. Rosenzweig, Y. Sakai, N. Sudar, C. Swinson, E. Threlkeld, O. Williams, V. Yakimenko, "Helical inverse free electron laser accelerator for efficient production of high quality electron beams", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), San Jose, CA (USA), July 13–18, 2014 AIP Conf. Proc. 1777, 060001 (2016)
N. Cook, O. Tresca, N.P. Dover, C. Maharjan, M.N. Polyanskiy, Z. Najmudin, P. Shkolnikov, I. Pogorelsky, "Hydrodynamic shaping of gas jets for laser driven shock acceleration of helium ions", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), San Jose, CA (USA), July 13–18 2014 AIP Conf. Proc. 1777, 090002 (2016)
M. Babzien, I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Polanskiy, "Solid-state seeding of a high power picosecond carbon dioxide laser" (poster), Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), San Jose, CA (USA), July 13–18, 2014 AIP Conf. Proc. 1777, 110001 (2016)
M. N. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, I. V. Pogorelsky, "100-Terawatt CO2 laser: Design and current status, Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), San Jose, CA (USA), July 13–18, 2014 AIP Conf. Proc. 1777, 110006 (2016)
M.Babzien, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, "Design and applications of the Brookhaven 100 TW CO2 laser" (poster), Quantum Information and Measurement, Berlin (Germany), March 18–20, 2014 [proceedings]
N. Cook, C. M. Maharjan, P. Shkolnikov, I. Pogorelsky, M. N. Polyanskiy, O. Tresca, N. P. Dover, Z. Najmudin, "Spectral broadening of ions accelerated by a radiation pressure driven shock," North American Particle Accelerator Conference (NA-PAC), Pasadena, CA (USA), September 29 – October 4, 2013 [proceedings]
O. Tresca, N. Dover, N. Cook, C. Maharjan, Z. Najmudin, M. Polyanskiy, P. Shkolnikov, I. Pogorelsky, "Shock driven acceleration of impurity free ion beam using low density targets," 55th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, CO (USA), November 11–15, 2013 [abstract]
C. Maharjan, O. Tresca, N. Crook, N. Dover, M. Polyanskiy, Z. Najmudin, P. Shkolnikov, I. Pogorelsky, "Real-time diagnostics of laser acceleration of ions in overdense gas-jet plasma," 55th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, CO (USA), November 11–15, 2013 [abstract]
N. P. Dover, C. A. J. Palmer, M. Babzien, N. Cook, A.E. Dangor, G. Hicks, M. Ispiriyan, C. Maharjan, M. N. Polyanskiy, J. Schreiber, P. Shkolnikov, M. J. V. Streeter, O. Tresca, V. Yakimenko, I. Pogorelsky, Z. Najmudin, "Optical probing and simulation of shock waves in just overdense plasmas irradiated by an intense CO2 laser", Laser and Plasma Accelerator Workshop, Taj Fort Aguada, Goa, (India), September 2–6, 2013 [abstract]
N. Cook, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, O. Tresca, C. Maharjan, P. Shkolnikov, V. Yakimenko, "Shock-wave proton acceleration from a hydrogen gas jet," APS April Meeting, Denver, CO (USA), April 13–16, 2013 [abstract]
M. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, I. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, "Ultrashort-pulse CO2 lasers: Ready for the race to petawatt?", XIX International Symposium on High-Power Laser Systems and Applications, Istanbul (Turkey), September 10–14, 2012 Proc. SPIE 8677, 86770G
M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, V. Yakimenko, "Next-generation ultrafast CO2 lasers for strong-field science", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Austin, TX (USA), June 10–15, 2012 AIP Conf. Proc. 1507, 879-881
I. V. Pogorelsky, N. P. Dover, M. Babzien, A. R. Bell, A. E. Dangor, T. Horbury, C. A. J. Palmer, M. Polyanskiy, J. Schreiber, S. Schwartz, P. Shkolnikov, V. Yakimenko, Z. Najmudin, "Ion acceleration by laser hole-boring into plasmas", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Austin, TX (USA), June 10–15, 2012 AIP Conf. Proc. 1507, 814-819
Y. Sakai, L. Xiao, S. Barber, F. H. O'Shea, O. Williams, J. B. Rosenzweig, I. Pogorelsky, A. Korostyshevsky, B. Malone, K. Kusche, M. Montemagno, M. N. Polyanskiy, M. Babzien, M. Fedurin, V. Yakimenko, "Angular spectrum characteristics of relativistic inverse compton harmonic X-rays", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Austin, TX (USA), June 10–15, 2012 AIP Conf. Proc. 1507, 746–751
J. Duris, R. K. Li, P. Musumeci, Y. Sakai, E. Threlkeld, O. Williams, M. Fedurin, K. Kusche, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, V. Yakimenko, "Preparations for a high gradient inverse free electron laser experiment at Brookhaven national laboratory", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Austin, TX (USA), June 10–15 2012 AIP Conf. Proc. 1507, 440–445
M. Polyanskiy "CO2 laser", Accelerator Test Facility User's Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), April 26–27, 2012 [slides]
I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, V. Yakimenko, I. Ben-Zvi, P. Shkolnikov, Z. Najmudin, C. A. J. Palmer, N. P. Dover, P. Oliva, M. Carpinelli, "Proton- and x-ray beams generated by ultra-fast CO2 lasers for medical applications", Laser Acceleration of Electrons, Protons, and Ions, Prague (Czech Republic), April 18–20, 2011 Proc. SPIE 8079, 80791L
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. Ben-Zvi, I. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, Z. Najmudin, "Prospects for proton accelerators driven by the radiation pressure from a sub-PW CO2 laser" (poster), Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC), New York (USA), March 28 – April 1, 2011 [proceedings]
A. Tremaine, S. Boucher, A. Murokh, S. Anderson, W. Brown, J. Duris, P. Musumeci, J. Rosenzweig, I. Jovanovic, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, V. Yakimenko "Inverse free electron laser accelerators for driving compact light sources and detection applications" Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC), New York (USA), March 28 – April 1, 2011 [proceedings] [slides]
M. Polyanskiy "CO2 laser R&D", Accelerator Test Facility User's Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), October 6–7, 2010 [slides]
I.V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, M.N. Polyanskiy, V. Yakimenko, N.P. Dover, C.A.J. Palmer, Z. Najmudin, P. Shkolnikov, O. Williams, J. Rosenzweig, P. Oliva, M. Carpinelli, B. Golosio, P. Delogu, A. Stefanini, M. Endrizzi, "Lasers as particle accelerators in medicine: From laser-driven protons to imaging with Thomson sources", Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry (CAARI). Fort Worth, TX (USA), August 8–13, 2010 AIP Conf. Proc. 1366, 386–390
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, "Picosecond 10 µm pulse amplification in isotopic CO2 active medium", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Annapolis, MD (USA), June 13–19, 2010 AIP Conf. Proc. 1299, 743–746
C. A. J. Palmer, N. Dover, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, G. Dudnikova, M. Ispiriyan, M. Polyanskiy, J. Schreiber, P. Shkolnikov, V. Yakimenko, Z. Najmudin. "First experiments on laser acceleration of protons in overdense gas jets", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Annapolis, MD (USA), June 13–19, 2010 AIP Conf. Proc. 1299, 699–703
I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, M.N. Polyanskiy, V. Yakimenko, N. Dover, Z. Najmudin, C.A.J. Palmer, J. Schreiber, G. Dudnikova, M. Ispiryan, P. Shkolnikov, "Laser energy conversion to solitons and monoenergetic protons in near-critical hydrogen plasma", International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC), Kyoto (Japan), May 23–28, 2010 [proceedings]
M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, "Picosecond 10 µm pulse amplification in isotopic CO2 active medium", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA (USA), May 16–21, 2010 - Post-deadline talk OSA Technical Digest, paper CPDB6
V. Yakimenko, I. Pogorelsky, M. Polyanskiy, "Linac based Compton source and CO2 laser development at ATF" (web talk), International Linear Collider Workshop (ILC), Beijing (China), March 26–30, 2010
M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, "High-repetition ?-source based on Compton scattering of picosecond CO2 laser pulses". Frontiers in Optics, San Jose, CA (USA), October 11–15, 2009 OSA Technical Digest, paper LSMH4
I. V. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, M. Polyanskiy, P. Shkolnikov, M. Ispiryan, D. Neely, P. McKenna, D. Carroll, Z. Najmudin, L. Willingal, "Ultrafast CO2 laser technology: Application in ion acceleration", COULOMB'09 Ions Acceleration with high Power Lasers: Physics and Applications, Senigallia (Italy), June 15 – 18, 2009 Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A 620, 67–70 (2010)
M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, V. Platonenko, "Multi-pass CO2 laser cavity for high repetition pulse trains" (web talk), TILC09 - Joint ACFA Physics and Detector Workshop and GDE Meeting on International Linear Collider, Tsukuba (Japan), April 17–21, 2009
M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, V. Platonenko, "Multi-pass CO2 laser cavity for high repetition pulse trains", Accelerator Test Facility User's Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), April 2–3, 2009 [slides]
M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, "Simulation and diagnostic tools for better understanding and upgrade of the CO2 laser", Accelerator Test Facility User's Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), April 2–3, 2009 [slides]
M. N. Polyanskiy, I. V. Pogorelsky, V. E. Yakimenko, V. T. Platonenko, "Development of a picosecond CO2 laser system for a high-repetition ?-source", XVII International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers (GCL-HPL), Lisbon (Portugal), September 15–19, 2008 Proc. SPIE 7131, 71310K
I. Pogorelsky, M. N. Polyanskiy, V. Yakimenko, V. T. Platonenko, "Development of a high-average-power Compton source for lepton colliders", Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC), Santa Cruz, CA (USA), July 27 – August 2, 2008 AIP Conf. Proc. 1086, 726–731
M. Polyanskiy, "Computer modeling of regenerative CO2 laser amplifier", ILC Positron Source Collaboration Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory (USA), September 17–20, 2007
M. Polianski, O. V. Boyarkin, R. Bossart, T. R. Rizzo, "Collisionally-enhanced, highly selective laser isotope separation of carbon-13" (poster), The XIV symposium on atomic, cluster and surface physics; La Thuile (Italy), February 1–6, 2004
M. Polianski, O. V. Boyarkin, R. Bossart, T. R. Rizzo, "Overtone pre-excitation - infrared multiphoton dissociation approach for highly selective laser isotope separation (poster), Swiss Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Lausanne (Switzerland), October 9, 2003
M. Polianski, O. V. Boyarkin, R. Bossart, T. R. Rizzo, ”Overtone pre-excitation - infrared multiphoton dissociation approach for highly selective laser isotope separation” (poster), 39th Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry: Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Gwatt Lake Thun (Switzerland), September 28 – October 2, 2003
M. Polianski, O. V. Boyarkin, T. R. Rizzo, "Control of the CO2 laser pulse duration for application in laser isotope separation" (poster), Conference on Laser Optics for Young Scientists (LOYS), St. Petersburg (Russia), June 30 – July 4, 2003 – Best paper award
M. Polianski, V. Boyarkin, M. Kowalczyk, "Overtone pre-excitation - infrared multiphoton dissociation technique for carbon isotope separation" (poster), International Quantum Electronics Conference / Conference on Lasers, Applications and Technologies (IQEC/LAT), Moscow (Russia), June 22–27, 2002
Additional qualifications
Additional qualifications
Languages
Russian: native
English: fluent
French: intermediate
Korean: basics
Computer skills
Operating systems: Linux, Windows
Programming: C/C++, Python, QT, PHP, JavaScript
Data acquisition and analysis: LabView, IgorPro, SciLab, Mathematica
Optical design: ZEMAX
Awards and memberships
Awards and memberships
Awards
Brookhaven National Laboratory Spotlight Award for contributions to educating the next generation of the accelerator and laser workforce, August 2025
Brookhaven National Laboratory Spotlight Award for "The successful delivery of a new CO2 laser performance milestone of >5 TW in a 2.3 ps pulse, which will enable a new class of user experiments at the ATF", May 2019
Best paper award for “Control of the CO2 laser pulse duration for application in laser isotope separation” poster. Conference on Laser Optics for Young Scientists, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 2003
Professional memberships
Optical Society of America: member since 2003
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