Laser-plasma interactions

• Development of new plasma sources 

• Generation of high quality electron beams 

• Betatron X-ray source generation 

• LWFA with external injection from conventional RF accelerators 

• Plasma lens for focusing electrons 

• Strong THz generation 

• Plasma optics 

Laboratory Astrophysics 

• Extreme and exotic plasmas from intense laser-plasma interactions 

• Relativistic electron-positron pair plasma generation 

X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs)

• Self-seeded Hard X-ray Free Electron Lasers 

• New XFEL modes 

• Compact XFEL using laser wakefield accelerators 

• EUV-FEL 

Collaborations

We have strong relationship with large-scale research facilities, including:

• Accelerator Facilities: Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH, Korea |  LCLS, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center(SLAC), US

• High Power Laser Facilities: Advanced Photon Research Institute (APRI) at GIST, Korea