Our lab studies the basic physics and applications of the interaction of extremely intense laser light with matter.

At the links below you will find highlights from some of our research projects. There are also links to recent papers on each page, as well as a chronological list of selected publications here.

Spatio-temporal optical vortices (STOVs)

Wakefield Acceleration in High Density Plasma

Filament waveguides from thin air

Microstructured Plasma Waveguides for Direct Laser Acceleration

Measuring Nonlinear Optics in the Strong Field Regime