Short-Wavelength Laser—Vacuum-Ultraviolet and X-Ray Lasers
This grant studies laboratory plasmas and models to achieve population inversion and lasing for short-wavelength lasers, including VUV and X-ray.
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Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: May 1, 2025
Funding Amounts: $99,200 stipend plus $3,000 travel allowance; relocation assistance available for eligible awardees. Duration typically 2-3 years.
Summary: Postdoctoral fellowship supporting research on laboratory plasma models to achieve population inversion and lasing in short-wavelength lasers including vacuum-ultraviolet and X-ray lasers.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents with a Ph.D. earned within the last 5 years; requires contacting a Research Adviser prior to applying.
Description
This fellowship opportunity supports postdoctoral research at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) focused on the physics of high-energy density plasmas of moderate atomic number (Z) elements. The research aims to understand and model plasma conditions that enable population inversion and stimulated emission for short-wavelength lasers, specifically vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) and X-ray lasers.
Key research activities include constructing plasma models to study heating, expansion, photon or collisional pumping, and overall lasing efficiency. The program emphasizes collaboration with experimental groups at NRL and other institutions to optimize plasma conditions for large outputs of stimulated emission. The work involves understanding radiation processes, photoexcitation, collisional excitation, recombination, and multiphoton inner shell processes that influence plasma dynamics and lasing.
Keywords associated with this opportunity include dense plasmas, high-energy plasmas, laser-generated plasmas, ultraviolet lasers, and X-ray lasers.
