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Published on Oct. 19, 2023, 12:13 p.m.
An international team of researchers led by Bernardo Malaca (PhD student in the Lasers and Plasmas Group, Institute of Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion), under the guidance of Jorge Vieira (professor in the Physics Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico), has determined how collective movements can radiate as single particles. The …
Published on Oct. 4, 2023, 9:42 a.m.
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier for the discovery of attosecond pulses - 1e-18s. This new light source has revolutionized all measurements of ultrafast processes, making it possible to reach the time scale of electrodynamics in matter.Attosecond pulses obtained for …
Published on Sept. 21, 2023, 10:29 a.m.
The Physics Department welcomes the new LEFT students and wishes them success in this new adventure.
Published on Sept. 4, 2023, 2:34 p.m.
Project Plasma Surface Interaction (Data and Tools) COupled Modelling (PSI.COM) studies how to use plasmas to produce fertilizers !The project involves:- modelling and diagnostics of N2-H2 plasmas- the development and the consolidation of the LisbOn KInetics (LoKI) tool suite, including Machine Learning tools for sensitivity analysisYou can develop some of …
Published on June 19, 2023, 4:31 p.m.
In order to keep the Physics Department (FD) community informed, a newsletter will be sent out at the end of each term, highlighting the most relevant events of interest to our teachers, researchers and students. We invite the entire Physics Department community to contribute to disseminating the best of what …
Published on June 8, 2023, 3:37 p.m.
Uma equipa internacional de investigadores liderada por Marco Piccardo, professor no Departamento de Física do Instituto Superior Técnico, combinou óptica ultra-rápida e luz estruturada para criar uma nova família de feixes de luz chamados de "molas de luz". Essa descoberta tem aplicações potencialmente disruptivas em áreas como microscopia ultrarrápida, aceleração …
Published on July 12, 2022, 12:24 p.m.
For the first time, IUPAP has awarded a prize to a researcher affiliated with a Portuguese research institution. Marija Vranic was the distinguished researcher in the 2022 edition.Marija Vranic, a researcher at the Lasers and Plasmas Group (GoLP) of the Institute of Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion (IPFN) and visiting professor …
Published on Feb. 24, 2022, 1:21 p.m.
Dr. Marina Vranic is the 2022 recipient of the PRACE Ada Lovelace Award for her significant impact on High-Performance Computing (HPC) in Europe. Dr. Vranic is a pioneer in extreme plasma simulation techniques, and is also extremely dedicated to increasing the visibility of women in physics and HPC - for …