Invited Speaker
Prof. Aurelian Marcu
National Institute of Plasma, Laser and Radiation Physics, Magurele, 077125, RomaniaSpeech Title: Non-linear Optic Materials in High Power Laser - Matter Interaction Diagnosis
Abstract: Monitoring both temporal and spatial distributions of transitory electro-magnetic fields represents a challenge with frontier applications. High-power laser-matter interaction is just one of the examples in which such transient electro-magnetic fields are produced, and where such a field monitoring would be of a real interest in characterizing the interaction itself, an interaction otherwise relatively hard to monitor and control. Starting from some previously developed theoretical and experimental correlations between High-Power Laser-Matter interaction parameters and associated pulsed electromagnetic fields (EMP) parameters, here we present some results on magnetic field spatial and temporal measurements, for 2D areas of about 1 cm2 and temporal duration of ms order. System calibration results were performed based on material theoretical parameter values as well as experimentally measured parameter values. Field measurement experimental values are compared with field theoretical calculations as well as other experimental results obtained with different ‘standard’ calibrated tools (e.g. Hall probe). Furthermore, based on Electro-Optical materials, similar results could be obtained for electric field spatial and temporal variations. Comparative results for such systems are presented and discussed, as well as perspectives of such measurement and monitoring techniques in relation with high-power laser-matter interactions characterization and diagnosis.
Keywords: Non-linear optic materials, transitory electro-magnetic field monitoring, laser-matter interactions.
Acknowledgments: We acknowledge funds from the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization / Institute of Atomic Physics, through ELI-RO 30/2024, Eli-RO 30/2025 support of the National Interest Infrastructure facility IOSIN – CETAL at INFLPR and Program contract No. 39/2024, Romanian National Core Program LAPLAS VII contract No. 30N/2023.
Biography: Dr. Eng. Habil. Aurelian Marcu, received his PhD in 2002 with a work on ‘Special Laser Deposition Techniques’ in University ‘Politehnica’ Bucharest - Romania, with further research within Postdoc positions in Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research – Osaka University – Japan and National Institute for Laser Plasma and Radiation Physics from Magurele – Romania on the ‘Oxide Nanostructure Fabrication by Laser Techniques’ and ‘Nanostructure Applications in Drug Delivery’. His Habilitation Theses in 2023 was focused on “Laser-matter interactions in nano-science and nano-scale applications”. He authored one book on “Pulsed Laser Ablation of Solids’ in Springer, as well as few laser-matter applications book chapters, has over 60 indexed research articles and coordinated several research national projects on the above related topics. He is member of different international associations on materials science and chemistry and head of ‘Laser Plasma Radiation – Science and Technology’ professional association from 2023.