BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240518T150400Z UID:6F0FF8EF-F5AA-462F-A953-FDAD18D46876 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240516T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240516T200000 DESCRIPTION:The first demonstration of a laser took place a little over six decades ago when Theodore Maiman excited a ruby rod with a flash lamp to generate a pulsed red laser with a peak power on the order of a kilowatt. Since that day\, the output power of lasers has increased by a factor of o ver a trillion times. As these precision light sources mature\, the growin g number of applications has been nothing short of astonishing. With curre nt peak powers exceeding a petawatt (1015 W)\, these systems are being uti lized to study the fundamental physics of high energy density plasmas\, x- ray generation\, particle acceleration\, and more. The Advanced Laser for Extreme Photonics (ALEPH) system at Colorado State University has been dev eloped with these different classes of experiments in mind. Capable of ope rating at 0.85 PW at Hz level repetition rates\, this system has demonstra ted robust electron acceleration up to 7 GeV\, microfocus x-ray sources fo r computed tomography of dense objects\, and ultrahigh energy density plas mas for studying fusion and atomic physics at near solid density. Current and future work will be presented along with plans for a future\, high pow er laser facility at CSU.\n\nSpeaker(s): Reed\, \n\nAgenda: \n6:00 pm Door s Open\n\n6:30 pm Online Broadcast starts\n\n6:45 pm Main Presentation\n\n 8:00 End\n\nRoom: C120\, Bldg: Engineering\, 400 Isotope Drive\, Colorado State University\, Fort Collins\, Colorado\, United States\, 80521 LOCATION:Room: C120\, Bldg: Engineering\, 400 Isotope Drive\, Colorado Stat e University\, Fort Collins\, Colorado\, United States\, 80521 ORGANIZER:rtoftness@gmail.com SEQUENCE:11 SUMMARY:Relativistic laser matter interactions: from fundamental plasma phy sics to next generation x-ray and particle sources URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/420034 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The first demonstration of a laser took pl ace a little over six decades ago when Theodore Maiman excited a ruby rod with a flash lamp to generate a pulsed red laser with a peak power on the order of a kilowatt. Since that day\, the output power of lasers has incre ased by a factor of over a trillion times. As these precision light source s mature\, the growing number of applications has been nothing short of as tonishing. With current peak powers exceeding a petawatt (1015 W)\, these systems are being utilized to study the fundamental physics of high energy density plasmas\, x-ray generation\, particle acceleration\, and more. Th e Advanced Laser for Extreme Photonics (ALEPH) system at Colorado State Un iversity has been developed with these different classes of experiments in mind. Capable of operating at 0.85 PW at Hz level repetition rates\, this system has demonstrated robust electron acceleration up to 7 GeV\, microf ocus x-ray sources for computed tomography of dense objects\, and ultrahig h energy density plasmas for studying fusion and atomic physics at near so lid density. Current and future work will be presented along with plans fo r a future\, high power laser facility at CSU.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>6:00 pm Doors Open</p>\n<p>6:30 pm Online Broadcast starts</p>\n<p>6: 45 pm Main Presentation</p>\n<p>8:00 End</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR