A) Publications 2007 – 2009

1) Cassou, K., Kazamias, S., Ros, D., Ple, F., Jamelot, G., Klisnick, A., Lundh, O., Lindau, F., Persson, A., Wahstrom, C. -G., de Rossi, S., Joyeux, D., Zielbauer, B., Ursescu, D., Kuehl, T., “Optimization toward a high-average-brightness soft-x-ray laser pumped at grazing incidence”, OPTICS LETTERS 32 (2), pp. 139-141 (2007).

2) Ursescu D., Zielbauer B., Kuehl T., Neumayer P., “Optimal main pulse angle for different preplasma conditions in transient collisionally pumped x-ray lasers”, PHYSICAL REVIEW E 75 (4) article number: 045401 (2007).

3) Lindau, F., Lundh, O., Persson, A., Cassou, K., Kazamias, S., Ros, D., Ple, F., Jamelot, G., Klisnick, A., de Rossi, S., Joyeux, D., Zielbauer, B., Ursescu, D., Kuhl, T., Wahlstrom, C.-G., “Quantitative study of 10 Hz operation of a soft x-ray laser-energy stability and target considerations”, OPTICS EXPRESS 15(15),pp. 9486-9493 (2007).

4) Kazamias, S., Cassou, K., Ros, D., Ple, F., Jamelot, G., Klisnick, A., Lundh, O., Lindau, F., Persson, A., Wahlstroem, C. -G., de Rossi, S., Joyeux, D., Zielbauer, B, Ursescu, D., Kuehl, T., “Characterization of a transient collisional Ni-like molybdenum soft-x-ray laser pumped in grazing incidence”, PHYSICAL REVIEW A 77 (3) article number: 033812(2008).

5)Dabu, R., Zamfirescu, M., Dumitru, M., Anghel, I., “Femtosecond lasers - potential tools for manufacturing high-frequency negative refractive materials”, PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS (SPIE) 7022, pp. L220-L220 (2008).

6)D.Ursescu, L. Ionel, C. P. Cristescu, “Spectrally clipped pulses analysis in a CPA laser system” U.P.B. Sci. Bull., Series A, Vol. 70, Issue 4, pp. 49-57 (2008).

7) A.Popa, “Accurate calculation of high harmonics generated by relativistic Thomson scattering”, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 41, 015601, 2008.

8) A. Popa, “Modeling Properties of Hard X Rays Generated by the Interaction between Relativistic Electrons and Very Intense Laser Beams”, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 42, 025601, 2009.

9)D. Ursescu, L. Ionel, “Simple Collinear Pump-Probe Set-Up for Chirped Pulse Amplification Laser Systems” JOAM (in press) (2009).

Conferences, workshops:

1) Daniel Ursescu, Laura Ionel , "Optical stretcher-compressor design", INDLAS Modern Laser Applications, 19-23 May 2008, Bran, Romania (poster presentation).

2) Daniel Ursescu, Laura Ionel, "Clipped pulses analysis in a CPA optical system" , Scientific communications special session of Politehnica University of Bucharest, Physics Departament , July 2008, Bucharest, Romania (poster presentation).

3) Daniel Ursescu, „A Romanian Terawatt Laser Facility” INDLAS08, 20-23 May 2008, Bran, Romania, (oral presentation).

4) Daniel Ursescu “Multiple pulses generations in ultrafast laser systems and X-ray laser applications”, Exploratory Workshops 17-18 September 2008, Bucharest, Romania, (oral presentation).

5) R. Dabu, M. Zamfirescu, D. Ursescu, C. Blanaru, M. Ulmeanu, F. Jipa, M. Dumitru, I. Ionita, "Femtosecond laser system facility for microprocessing in life sciences" Foresight workshop on Laser applications in Biology and Biomedicine, 22-23 October 2008, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, (poster presentation).

6) George Nemes, "The quest to understand and control very short laser light disc-pulses", Exploratory Workshops 17-18 September 2008, Bucharest, Romania, (oral presentation).

7) Razvan Dabu, “National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation (NILRP) high power laser infrastructure development ”, Workshop: "EXTREME LIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE" - A new impulse for interdisciplinary scientific research, 17-18 September 2008, Bucharest, (oral presentation).

8) F.Jipa, L.Rusen, "Micro- and nano-processing with pico- and femto-second pulsed lasers" Workshop 4M "Micro/nano fabrication technologies based on new materials for sensors and micro-optics", 15 October 2008, Sinaia, Romania, (oral presentation).

9) F. Jipa, "Femtosecond Laser Processing of Polymers using Two-photon Photopolimerization Technique", IIIth International Chapter Student Meeting, 7-9 May 2008, Wrocław, Poland, (oral presentation).

10) Florin JIPA, Iulia ANGHEL, M. Zamfirescu, Razvan DABU, "Direct laser writing on photopolymers using 2PP technique", INDLAS08, 20-23 May 2008, Bran, Romania (poster presentation).

11) M. Zamfirescu, George Epurescu, Mihaela Filipescu, Octavian Cretu, Maria Dinescu, Razvan Dabu, "Photonic nanostructures based on metal oxides", INDLAS08, 20-23, 2008 May, Bran, Romania (poster presentation).

12) I. Anghel, M. Zamfirescu, M. Ulmeanu, F. Jipa, L. Rusen, A. Stratan, O. Cretu, R. Medianu and R. Dabu, "Nanopatterning of different metallic thin films surfaces by ultrafast lasers pulses with template of colloidal particle array", INDLAS08, 20-23 May, 2008, Bran, Romania (poster presentation).

13) F. Jipa , M. Zamfirescu, R. Dabu, "3D geometries created by direct laser writing in polymers by femtosecond laser pulses", INDLAS08, 20-23 May, Bran, Romania (poster presentation).

14) Aurel Stratan, Laurentiu Rusen, Razvan Dabu, Constantin Fenic, Constantin Blanaru, "Picosecond laser system for micro-machining", INDLAS08, 20-23 May, 2008, Bran, Romania, (poster presentation).