General Topic: Application of ultrafast laser-driven plasma generation

Supervisor: Dr. Malte Schröder
Starting Date: To be discussed with supervisor

List of tasks:

• Assisting with currently running experimental campaigns using a high-power ultrafast laser system (500W). Focus on laser-plasma interaction, laser filamentation application, or THz generation/detection.
• Constructing small-scale experiments/diagnostic setups for larger projects.
• Evaluation of experimental data.

Candidates with a background in laser or plasma physics are preferred.

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General topic: Nonlinear self-compression of 2-μm ultrafast laser

Supervisor: Dr. Anna Ono
Starting date: to be discussed with supervisor

List of tasks:

• Simulating pulse compression in fiber with different parameters including input power/duration, fiber length/core size to give an instructive
• Building and optimizing the fiber-compression stage to achieve sub-10 optical cycle pulses with high overall efficiency
• Adapting current 1-µm FROG setup to 2-µm wavelength range and characterize the compressed pulse
• Further extension can be discussed depends on progress

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General topic: High-Power THz sources and applications

Supervisor: M. Sc. Tim Vogel
Starting date: To be discussed with supervisor

List of tasks:

• Measure different thick GaP samples with Menlo THz-TDS
• Place these samples in a cryostat to measure the temperature dependent, complex refractive index
• Evaluation of different refractive index retrieval algorithm

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