Facilities
CU WARG Laser Lab
The CU Wakefield Acceleration and Radiation Generation (WARG) Lab contains a 15-Terawatt Ti:sapphire Class IV laser system in room G316 of the Duane Physics Building. Each femtosecond infrared laser pulse is fed into a vacuum system comprising two large experimental vacuum chambers that are able to be filled with various gases (e.g. He, Ar) for the purpose of generating laser-ionized plasma sources. A synchronized, low energy laser pulse is available for diagnostic purposes. Cameras, gauges, and other diagnostic devices are controlled and read out through a data acquisition system run on our 40-core computer which is also used for performing various types of simulations.
SLAC FACET-II
°Õ³ó±ðÌý is a research facility at  dedicated to advanced accelerator research with an emphasis on plasma wakefield acceleration and closely related topics. Our group are collaborators in many experiments at FACET-II, and the leaders of the following experiments:
E-301: Tailored Plasma Source for Emittance Preservation in Plasma Wakefield Acceleration and High-Brightness Plasma-Injected Beams
E-306: Beam-Driven Ion Channel Laser
E-308: Extreme Focusing in Vacuum with a Passive Plasma Lens