The Plasma-Accelerator Group at UCLA continues to have a very strong program on the many possible roles that plasmas might play in future high-energy accelerators. These include:

• ultra-high gradient plasma accelerating structures
• plasmas for focusing/deflecting ultra-relativistic particle beams
• novel radiation sources based on beam-plasma techniques
• novel techniques for generating positrons using plasmas

The research program comprises of experiments, theory and supporting computer simulations.

Fundamental Studies of Nonlinear and Laser-plasma Phenomena in Gases and Solids using High-power LWIR Lasers, Office of Naval Research (ONR) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI):