Strong Field Nanophotonics

Current topics of research include:

relativistic interaction of ultrashort laser pulses with nanostructured solid targets
coherent and incoherent X-ray sources from laser-plasma interaction
harmonic generation and nonlinear optics at nanostructured solid surfaces
nanolasers
nonlinear optics with high power femtosecond mid-infrared laser sources
femtosecond filamentation in transparent media
standoff atmospheric lasing initiated by femtosecond filaments
parametric nonlinear interactions in plasmas
supercontinuum generation in nanostructured hollow-core fibers
pulse compression and few-optical-cycle pulse generation
nonlinear solitonic dynamics in transparent nonresonant media
nonlinear optics with adaptive control