Mike Litos's research is focused on plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA), and associated topics at the intersection of plasmas, lasers, and particle beams. His group is a major collaborator for several experiments at the FACET-II experimental facility at SLAC National Lab. These experiments include the following topics: high energy PWFA, high brightness electron beam generation, PWFA for positrons, relativistic beam-plasma filamentation, plasma lenses for electron beams, ion channel X-ray laser source, and strong-field nonlinear QED.
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plasma physics, accelerator physics, plasma wakefield acceleration, laser-plasma interactions, plasma diagnostics, high power laser systems, high energy radiation sources, electron beam diagnostics, electron beams, positron beams
