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SUMMARY:On High Power Laser Physics - Professor Cristina Hernandez-Gomez\,
  Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
DTSTART:20101020T190000Z
DTEND:20101020T200000Z
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CONTACT:Peter Humphreys
DESCRIPTION:High power lasers are capable of delivering ultra high focusse
 d intensities greater than 1021 Wcm-2 . The Central Laser Facility in Oxfo
 rdshire is home to two of these high power lasers: Vulcan and Astra Gemini
 .   There is a project underway to upgrade Vulcan\, currently delivering 1
  PW\, to 10 PW and focused intensities >1023 Wcm-2. This represents orders
  of magnitude increases in intensity currently available. The interaction 
 of a high power laser pulse with matter is a violent event by any measure.
  Material is instantly vaporised\, ionised\, heated and compressed and tru
 ly extreme conditions evolve. One can access these conditions in the contr
 olled and flexible manner offered by a laser\, it opens up powerful new op
 portunities for the development of advanced technology.\n\nThere will be a
  wine reception after the talk with the guest speaker.\n\n*Free for everyo
 ne.*
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Theatre\,  Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Roa
 d
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