Igor Pogorelsky

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Accelerator Facilities Div
Bldg. 820M, Room 1-12
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-5801
(516) 770-4645
igor@bnl.gov

Expertise | Education | Appointments | Publications

Expertise

Primary expertise in laser science and technology, including laser R&D and scientific application of high-power lasers. Current focus on developing using ultra-fast CO₂ laser technology for particle acceleration, x-ray generation, and other strong-field physics applications.

Education

• 1979 - Ph.D. in Physics, Lebedev Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences, USSR.

            Thesis: "Experimental Study of a Photochemical XeO Laser".

• 1970 - MS in Quantum Electronics, Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, USSR.

            Thesis: "Autocorrelation Measurement of Single Picosecond Pulses Selected from a Self-Mode-Locked Nd-glass Laser".

Professional Appointments

ATF, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY.

2016 - Present - Physicist,  

2012-2016 – ATF Interim Director,

1993-2012 - Physicist,        .

STI Optronics Inc., Bellevue, WA

1990-1993 - Senior Scientist,

The Central Institute of Engineering Materials, Moscow, USSR

1980-1988 - Senior Scientist,       .

Lebedev Institute of Physics, Moscow, USSR

1970-1979 - Research Physicist

Selected Publications

• Polyanskiy MN, Pogorelsky IV, Babzien M, et al (2021) Ultrashort-pulse, terawatt, long-wave infrared lasers based on high-pressure CO2 amplifiers. EPJ Web of Conferences 255:11010. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202125511010
• Pogorelsky I, Babzien M, Palmer M, Polyanskiy M (2021) Long-Wave IR Terawatt Laser Pulse Compression to Sub-Picoseconds. Proceedings of the 12th International Particle Accelerator Conference IPAC2021:Brazil. https://doi.org/10.18429/JACOW-IPAC2021-THPAB062
• Polyanskiy MN, Pogorelsky IV, Babzien M, Palmer MA (2020) Demonstration of a 2 ps, 5 TW peak power, long-wave infrared laser based on chirped-pulse amplification with mixed-isotope CO2 amplifiers. OSA Continuum 3:459. https://doi.org/10.1364/osac.381467
• Polyanskiy MN, Pogorelsky IV, Yakimenko V (2011) Picosecond pulse amplification in isotopic CO_2 active medium. Optics Express 19:7717. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.19.007717
• Pogorelsky I, Ben-Zvi I, Kimura WD, et al (1995) Picosecond CO2 laser for relativistic particle acceleration. Infrared Physics & Technology 36:341–354. https://doi.org/10.1016/1350-4495(94)00078-y
• Pogorelsky IV (1998) Ultra-bright X-ray and gamma sources by Compton backscattering of CO2 laser beams. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 411:172–187. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-9002(98)00259-9
• Pogorelsky IV (1998) Prospects for laser wakefield accelerators and colliders using CO2 laser drivers. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 410:524–531. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-9002(98)00160-0
• Pogorelsky IV, Ben-Zvi I, Hirose T, et al (2000) Demonstration of 8×10^18 photons/second peaked at 1.8 Å in a relativistic Thomson scattering experiment. Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams 3:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.3.090702
• Pogorelsky IV, Polyanskiy MN, Kimura WD (2016) Mid-infrared lasers for energy frontier plasma accelerators. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 19:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevaccelbeams.19.091001
• Pogorelsky IV, Dover NP, Babzien M, et al (2013) Ion acceleration by laser hole-boring into plasmas. AIP Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773803
• Palmer CAJ, Dover NP, Pogorelsky I, et al (2011) Monoenergetic Proton Beams Accelerated by a Radiation Pressure Driven Shock. Physical Review Letters 106:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.106.014801
• Pogorelsky IV, Polyanskiy M, Shaftan T (2020) Converting conventional electron accelerators to high peak brilliance Compton light sources. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 23:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevaccelbeams.23.120702