Laboratory Training Platform: High Power Laser Diagnostics and Data Analysis

14 mag 2025, 14:00 → 16 mag 2025, 18:30 Europe/Rome

aula 28 (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Area di Pisa - Istituto Nazionale di Ottica)

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As part of the activities of  the "Laboratory Training Platform"  within the Training Program of I-PHOQS project, we welcome you  to join this workshop session on "High Power Laser Diagnostics and Data Analysis" at National Institute of Optics CNR-INO in Pisa.  In this 3-days event you will be trained in the usage  and applications of the most commonly employed diagnostic techniques  in a high power laser lab. 

The workshop is open to all Ph.D students; due to the limited number of positions I-PHOQS Ph.D fellows will be priotitized.

 Deadline for subscription is  April, 10th. 

mercoledì 14 maggio

14:00 → 14:30 Welcome and Registrations

Speakers: LEONIDAANTONIO GIZZI (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Pisa) , Martina Salvadori (CNR)

14:30 → 14:45 Introduction to activities and program details

Speaker: LEONIDAANTONIO GIZZI (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Pisa)

14:45 → 16:00 Lessons

Brief introduction on lasers and the activities of the following days.

14:45 Ultra Intense Lasers and their features

In this introductory lecture a brief overview of the fundamental aspects concerning ultra Intense laser will be given.

Speaker: LUCAUMBERTO LABATE

15:30 Ultrashort laser pulse temporal duration measurements

The temporal duration of an ultrashort laser pulse is one of the fundamental parameters that need to be measured. This operation is routinely performed during everyday laser status checks. In this lecture you will learn the working principle of single-shot autocorrelators and how these are used to retrieve information about laser pulse duration. You will also be introduced to the hands-on session scheduled for the 15th of may.

Speaker: Martina Salvadori (CNR)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:00 Lessons

Brief introduction on lasers and the activities of the following days.

16:30 Introduction to Off-Axis Parabola alignment

Speaker: Dr. Gabriele Bandini (CNR-INO)

17:00 Introduction to Phase Reconstruction from fluence measurements

Speaker: LUCAUMBERTO LABATE

17:30 Briefly on Laser safety

A short course on laser safety will be delivered to grant your safety during the laboratory activities that will be performed in the hands-on sessions.

Speaker: Dr. Daniele Palla (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR)

giovedì 15 maggio

09:00 → 09:15 Trainings start

09:15 → 12:30 Trainings

Experimental activity

Moderatori: Alessandro Fregosi (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR) , Daniele Palla (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR)

09:15 OAP alignment - group A

Speaker: Martina Salvadori (CNR)

09:15 Temporal duration measurement - group B

Speaker: Lorenzo Fulgentini (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

12:30 → 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 → 18:00 Trainings

Experimental activity

Moderatori: Alessandro Fregosi (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR) , Daniele Palla (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR)

14:30 OAP alignment - group B

Speaker: Federico Avella (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR)

14:30 Temporal duration measuerment - group A

Speaker: Federica Baffigi (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

20:00 → 00:00 Social dinner

The social dinner will be held at the Grand Hotel Duomo in the "Tower Sky Lounge"

venerdì 16 maggio

10:00 → 13:30 Trainings: Phase reconstruction: measurements - Laboratories tour

Experimental activity

10:00 Laboratories tour - group B

10:00 Phase reconstruction: measurements - group A

Speaker: Martina Salvadori (CNR)

12:00 Laboratories tour- group A

12:00 Phase reconstruction: measurements - group B

Speakers: FEDERICO AVELLA (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR) , Martina Salvadori (CNR)

11:30 → 12:00 Coffee break

13:30 → 15:30 Lunch break

15:30 → 18:00 Data Analysis

Moderatori: FEDERICO AVELLA (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR) , LUCAUMBERTO LABATE

15:30 Phase reconstruction: analysis

Using Python package "LightPipes" we will reconstruct the laser phase map from fluence measurements previously done, used to feed the Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm provided by "LightPipes"

Speakers: FEDERICO AVELLA (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - CNR) , LUCAUMBERTO LABATE