Welcome to the website of the extreme plasma physics team, the theory and simulation team of the Group for Lasers and Plasmas of the Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear at Instituto Superior Técnico.
Our team is funded by the European Research Council through the Advanced Grant "Accelerates" (ERC-AdG2010 no. 267841) and the Advanced Grant “InPairs” (ERC-AdG2015).

Latest News
PhD student Mariana M demonstrates new physics in plasma-based acceleration in PRL publication

The “Natas” of Visualization 2023 have been announced!

Latest Publications
- Mitigation of the Onset of Hosing in the Linear Regime through Plasma Frequency Detuning, Physical Review Letters 130 (2023) p. 115001
- Arbitrarily structured laser pulses, Physical Review Research 5 (2023) p. 013085
- Creation and direct laser acceleration of positrons in a single stage, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 26 (2023) p. 011301
- Exact solutions for the electromagnetic fields of a flying focus, Physical Review A 107 (2023) p. 013513