Strong Field Physics aims to explore fascinating and novel regimes involving the interaction of high-intensity lasers with solid or gaseous matter.
At Friedrich Schiller University, Ultrahigh Peak Power Lasers, Nonlinear & Relativistic Laser Physics, and X-ray Optics constitute the fundamental research branches in the field of Strong Field Physics. The research activities encompass efforts of theoretical modelling and high-end experimental setup to explore fundamental effects in the realms of high-power and ultrashort wavelenghts laser radiation, including nonlinear and relativistic light-matter interaction platforms.
Co-operated by the Helmholtz Institute Jena, the Friedrich Schiller University operates two ultrahigh peak power lasers: While the high-power laser system JETI is a conventional Titanium:Sapphire laser, the fully diode-pumped system POLARIS has been entirely designed, developed and commissioned and is currently the most powerful, diode-pumped system worldwide.
Research groups
- Attosecond Laser Physics
Jun. Prof. Dr. Adrian N. Pfeiffer - Atomic Physics with Highly Charged Ions
Prof. Dr. Thomas Stöhlker - Laser-Particle Acceleration
Prof. Dr. Matt Zepf - Nonlinear Optics
Prof. Dr. Gerhard G. Paulus - Numerical Relativity
Prof. Dr. Bernd Brügmann - Quantum Electronics
Prof. Dr. Christian Spielmann - Quantum Field Theory
Prof. Dr. Holger Gies - Quantum Physics
Prof. Dr. Andreas Wipf - Relativistic Astrophysics
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Meinel - Relativistic Laser Physics
Prof. Dr. Malte Kaluza - Relativistic Quantum Dynamics
Prof. Dr. Stephan Fritzsche - Strong Field Nanophotonics
Dr. Daniil Kartashov - Theoretical Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Gräfe - X-Ray Optics
Prof. Dr. Eckhart Förster - X-ray Spectroscopy and Microscopy (Junior Research Group)
Dr. Jan Rothhardt
Institutions
Profile-shaping centres of the University
Research institutes of the University
Non-university research institutes
University Graduate Schools
Projects
- HiPolX – High-precision X-ray polarimetry with intense and ultra-short X-ray pulses
- PolarX – Precision X-ray spectroscopy and polarimetry
- Nano-XUV – Nanoscale imaging with XUV technology