• plasma physics
• atomic physics
• spectroscopy

Main Topics

• gas discharge physics: especially arcs, hollow cathodes, Penning discharges
• development of radiation standards for the VUV-region
• experimental determination of lifetimes of atomic states
• measurements of oscillator strengths
• investigation of the near cathode region with various diagnostique techniques: emission and absorption spectroscopy, laser-induced fluorescence (LIF), Rayleigh and Thomson scattering, interferometry
• highly sensitive absorption and frequency modulation (FM) spectroscopy using tunable laser diodes
• MHD
• plasmamodels