Meeting Report: User Workshop on High-Power Lasers at the Linac Coherent Light Source

Abstract

A two-day international workshop on the physics and integration of high-power lasers with the Linac Coherent Light Source was held in Stanford, USA, on October 1-2, 2013. The workshop was co-organized by UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratories. More than 150 scientists, including 30 students and postdocs who are working in high-intensity laser-matter interactions, fusion research, and dynamic high-pressure science came together from North America, Europe and Asia. The group discussed the most promising and important new physics experiments that will be enabled by the unique combination of high-power lasers with the world-class LCLS freeelectron laser X-ray beam.