
Rémi CAPDESSUS
Scientist
My main scientific expertise is in the development of theory, analytical models and simulations – viah PIC codes – of laser-plasma interactions. My PhD project involved theory and numerical investigations of the interplay between the collective dynamics of the plasma particles and the radiation reaction force. After completing my PhD (January 2014), I moved to the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow) as research fellow to conduct research on the theory of high field laser-plasma interactions and to contribute experimental work on laser induced ion acceleration in the relativistic regime. From November 2020 to January 2022, as research associate at CELIA, I have contributed studies (including one patent) on benefits of using of one cycle attosecond laser pulses, applied to transverse ion acceleration as well as on optimization of ultra-bright gamma-ray sources in order to experimentally evidence quantum electrodynamics signatures at the multi-petawatt laser facilities such as APOLLON. Since February 2022, I am scientist at CEA. My research activities are on the wave coupling and wave-particle interactions in the kinetic framework, within multi-species fusion plasmas created by laser.