Current Research

This area of our web site is designed to describe current and ongoing research projects within the High Energy Density Physics Research Group. For an explanation of the physics involved in our research projects see the Physics section of our web page. All of the current and ongoing projects conducted by the HEDP group study the interactions between matter and high intensity, short-pulsed laser light. The majority of our research projects are focused on multi-photon processes and the behavior of atomic elements exposed to extremely intense light fields.

Currently, projects are looking for the presence and detection of multi-electron mechanisms and their effects on multiphoton ionization and above-threshold ionization. Other current projects are investigating the use of ultra-short, mode-locked laser pulses for drilling sub-10μm holes and micromachining, and for use as a tunable spectroscopic tool.

The HEDP research group is funded by the National Science Foundation.