FOCUS-PFC

Mission	Recent Research
A National Science Foundation Physics Frontier Center devoted to research at the frontiers of optical coherent and ultrafast science. The FOCUS center includes 27 faculty at the University of Michigan and the University of Texas. Our mission is to provide leadership in coherent control in quantum, ultrafast and high field physics. Recent website visits:	<prev start stop next> Snapshot image of a plasma wakefield produced by a 30 TW laser in a FOCUS laboratory. The curved wave-fronts are important for accelerating electrons and have never been seen before. [from N. Matlis et al., Nature Physics 2, 749 (2006)] If you see this message, your browser does not display the slideshow. Try enabling scripts in your browser.
News	Current Events
HERCULES in The Economist [4/4/2008] HERCULES makes cover of Laser Focus World [April 2008] 2008 Physics Olympiad Registration Starts HERCULES reaches 300 Tera-Watt Postdoctoral Position New ! New FOCUS faculty Aaron Leanhardt (Physics)	FOCUS Seminar