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

RIANA: Call for proposals is open
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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