Thematic workshops
The Thematic Workshops are a central feature of the ELI User Meeting (UM), designed as interactive, parallel sessions that foster discussion on key scientific and technological challenges, as well as emerging opportunities. These workshops are not only relevant to the ELI facilities but also aim to engage the broader community of laser facilities and associated research fields.
Each workshop is structured around a series of expert talks, with speakers bringing diverse perspectives from across the field. These presentations will be followed by open discussions, encouraging active participation and the exchange of ideas among attendees.
Workshops will be chaired by ELI experts, who will guide the conversation and ensure that key points are captured. The main conclusions and insights from each workshop will be shared during a dedicated summary session on Friday, 20 June, offering all participants an opportunity to hear the highlights and outcomes of sessions they may not have been able to attend.
These workshops represent a unique opportunity to contribute to the future scientific directions of ELI and to connect with the broader user and research community.
Thematic workshops are scheduled in 2 blocks of 3 parallel sessions on the 18 and 19 June 2025:
Part 2: 19 June (15:00 - 17:00 CEST)
Topic 1: Advanced targetry for laser-matter interaction
Chair: Timofej Chagovets ELI Beamlines
Speakers:
- Enam Chowdhury, Ohio State University - Approaching relativistic interaction with Mid IR lasers in air with liquid targets
- Gabriel Bleotu, ELI-NP - Post compression experiments towards efficient laser wakefield acceleration
- Nina Gamaiunova, ELI Beamlines - Liquid target system for high-repetition-rate laser-plasma sources
- Zsolt Diveki, ELI ALPS - A unique high harmonic generation source with ultra-long focusing
Topic 2: Laser-plasma and secondary source diagnostics
Chair: Michael Ehret, ELI Beamlines
Speakers:
- Joe Kilkenny, General Atomics (GA) - Target Diagnostics for Repetitively Pulsed Systems and IFE
- Elias Gerstmayr, Queen's University Belfast - Single-shot gamma diagnostics for laser-wakefield accelerator experiments
- Csaba Tóth, ELI ALPS - The role of comprehensive diagnostics of lasers and other beams in experiments with secondary sources
- Andriy Velyhan, ELI Beamlines - Laser-plasma and secondary source diagnostics at ELI Beamlines
Topic 3: Applications of structured laser pulse at relativistic intensities
Chair: Victor Malka, ELI-NP
Speakers:
- Marco Piccardo, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon - High-aspect ratio, ultratall silica meta-optics: Towards high-intensity structured light
- Slava Smartsev, Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée (LOA) - Axiparabola Structured Light Laser-Wakefield Acceleration
- Mihail Cernaianu, ELI-NP - Controlling accelerated ion beams by structured light
