Laserlab-Europe Newsletter #37: Cultural Heritage
Issue 37 of the Laserlab Newsletter is now available.
In this issue:
FOCUS: LASERS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
- Seeing the invisible (CLF, United Kingdom)
- Multi-scalar and multi-modal hyper-spectral imaging of artworks with the TWINS-based camera (POLIMI, Italy)
- Emerging photonics technologies for remote and/or on-site monitoring of cultural heritage monuments and artefacts (IESL/FORTH, Greece)
- Studying light-induced degradation mechanisms of dyes using a liquid-core waveguide (LaserLaB Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Attosecond sources for applications (LLC, Sweden)
- Fast reaction kinetics in the context of cultural heritage (CLL, Portugal)
NEWS
- First-ever lab creation of electron-positron pair plasmas marks breakthrough in plasma physics
- New energy record for next generation proton accelerators
- Novel universal light-based technique to control valley polarisation in bulk materials
- Scientists decipher the contribution of electrons to molecular chirality
- Advancements in ultra-short laser technology: The petawatt system VEGA at CLPU
- In memoriam: Karel Jungwirth
ACCESS HIGHLIGHT: Simultaneous generation of high-frequency and high-pressure ultrasound waves through picosecond excitation of graphene-based materials
To gain a better understanding of a new series of graphene-based materials and test their efficiency, researchers at the Coimbra Laser Lab (CLL, Portugal) used picosecond pulsed laser sources for photoacoustic excitation, and high-frequency sensors and needle hydrophones for ultrasound detection.
ERC GRANTS
Congratulations to the five scientists who were recently awarded ERC grants, four receiving a Starting Grant, and one receiving an Advanced Grant: Kasra Amini (MBI), Jad C. Halimeh (MPQ), Marco Piccardo (IST), Guillermo González-Rubio (CLUR), and Andrei Kirilyuk (FELIX)
COMMUNITY NEWS
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RIANA: Call for proposals is open
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ELI ERIC advances joint user programme and progresses with strategic partnerships
Editorial Team: Tracey Burge, Marina Fischer, Julia Michel, Daniela Stozno office@laserlab-europe.eu
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