Pedro Oliveira

Deputy technical director Vulcan 20-20

Pedro Oliveira leads the Vulcan Laser Group and serves as Deputy Technical Director for the Vulcan 20-20 upgrade, where he is also Work Package Manager for the high-energy beamlines. Since joining the CLF in 2013, he has worked across front-end development, operations, and diagnostics—most recently as Senior Laser Scientist and Operations Manager for Vulcan (2018 to 2023). His technical focus spans OPCPA/CPA architectures, temporal pulse shaping for picosecond–nanosecond systems, large-aperture Nd:glass amplification, and advanced diagnostics (D-scan, cross-correlators, wavefront analysis). Pedro holds a PhD in Physics from École Polytechnique (2013).

Ultra-broadband OPCPA front ends and CPA for high-energy/high-intensity lasers
Temporal pulse shaping (ps–ns), contrast control, and stability engineering
Large-aperture Nd:glass amplifiers; thermal/aberration management and wavefront control
High-energy beamline integration and diagnostics (D-scan, FROG/GRENOUILLE, third-order cross-correlation)
Laser–plasma applications (betatron sources, bremsstrahlung radiography) and EMP control
Timing systems and facility-scale operations/reliability for petawatt-class lasers

Oliveira, P, et all, “Maximum Operational Fluence Limits for Temporally Shaped Nanosecond Long Pulses.” Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 4211.

Galetti, Oliveira et al. “Ultra-broadband all-OPCPA petawatt facility fully based on LBO,” High Power Laser Science and Engineering 8:31 (2020).

Aiken, Oliveira et al. “Development of a single-shot third-order cross-correlator for picosecond laser systems,” Optics Communications (2020).