A many years' research programme on plasma produced by high power lasers, accomplished at the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM) by the Division of Laser Plasmas (DLP) in collaboration with foreign teams, is directed towards the study and applications of laser-generated plasmas including investigation of thermonuclear fusion (MCF and IFE) as well as the preparation of equipment for future experiments.
Main area of interest of the DLP are as follows: laser-produced plasma physics and applications, laser fusion laser-matter interaction physics at ultrahigh laser intensities and hydrodynamic processes accompanying the interaction of laser with matter. This branch of interest is the basis for the division for three RESEARCH DEPARTMENTS:
- Department of Physics and Thermonuclear Technology of Laser Plasma working on laser-produced plasma physics and applications. Head of Department: Assoc Prof. J. Wołowski,
- Department of Laser Fusion working on physics of ultrahigh-intensity laser-matter interaction and fast ignition of nuclear fusion. Head of Department: Prof. J. Badziak,
- Department of Laser Plasma Hydrodynamics working on hydrodynamic processes accompanying the interaction of laser with matter. Head of Department: Assoc. Prof. T. Pisarczyk.
