Experimental Focus

The Texas Petawatt Laser conducts a wide variety of experiments on the interaction of intense laser light with matter. After interaction with intense laser light, matter is converted to an often dense plasma state exhibiting exotic behavior and often ejecting useful and revealing radiation in the form of x-rays, gamma-rays, radio- to ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation, electrons, protons, neutrons, a wide variety of ions, muons, positrons, and more. Click on the tabs for the current facility schedule and a listing of past experiments.