The French quantum plan announced at the beginning of the year is also echoed at LOA, where the APPLI and […]

When a highly compressed and focused electron beam collides with a solid-density plasma, electromagnetic fields associated to the near field […]

Lightning is highly destructive due to its high-power density and unpredictable character. Directing lightning away would allow to protect sensitive […]

Betatron x-ray sources from laser-plasma accelerators reproduce the principle of a synchrotron at the millimeter scale. X-rays are produced by […]

Intense lasers carry the highest electric fields that can be obtained in the laboratory (higher than 10 TV/m).  In principle, […]

New PLASMAScience graduate school at IP-Paris The French state’s Future Investment Program (PIA3) has awarded 4 million euros over 10 […]

The Weibel-type current filamentation instability (CFI) has been extensively investigated in past decades owing to its importance in an increasing […]

The most common state of observable matter in the universe is by far ionized particles, or plasmas. Thus, a profound […]

Project LAPLACE is the next big step we propose to make at LOA: a laser-plasma acceleration center with two new […]

UnRIP: Uncovering Relativistic Instabilities in Plasmas (ANR collaborative research project)   The LOA joins a collaboration with CEA and Institut […]