Laser-plasma Interactions and generation of trains of ultra-short X-ray pulses

强激光脉冲照射到任何物质上都会形成等离子体，这是一种由其电子和离子主导的气体，激光与这些气体的相互作用将产生许多效应，需要通过广泛的计算机模拟来研究。主要工作是以超短强尖峰的形式产生相干谐波X射线，将驱动激光周期分开。它们是由激光驱动到相对论速度的电子产生的。其他形式的非线性散射，光到高能电子(可能还有离子)的转换也将被研究。

Intense laser pulses directed on any matter will form a plasma, a gas dominated by its electrons and ions, and the interaction of the laser light with these will have many effects which are to be studied by extensive computer modeling. The chief work is to be done on  coherent harmonic X-ray generation in the form of ultra-short intense spikes separated the driving laser period. These are produced by electrons driven to relativistic speeds by the laser light. Other forms of nonlinear scattering, light conversion to energetic electrons (and maybe ions) are to be looked at as well.