Bixue Hou
Current Organizations / Institutes
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Bixue Hou has a total of 38 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Yong Ma
Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, 2200 Bonisteel Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
2 shared publications A. McKelvey
The Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan 1 , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
1 shared publication- Alexander George Roy Thomas
University of Michigan
1 shared publication Anatoly Maksimchuk
University of Michigan
1 shared publication- Anatoly Maksimchuk
The Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan 1 , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
1 shared publication Andrew McKelvey
University of Michigan
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 1 October 2025
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Plasmas
- Vol. 32 (10)
The ZEUS multi-petawatt laser system
The Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science (CUOS) at the University of Michigan has constructed a new high-power laser user facility called ZEUS (the Zettawatt Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System), which is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The ZEUS currently operates at a power exceeding 2 PW with a pulse duration of 25 fs. The facility has three shielded target areas mainly dedicated to external user experiments. The development of the laser facility, specifically designed to enable frontier plasma physics experiments, is described.
- 1 October 2025
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Plasmas
- Vol. 32 (10)
Open AccessThe ZEUS multi-petawatt laser system
The Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science (CUOS) at the University of Michigan has constructed a new high-power laser user facility called ZEUS (the Zettawatt Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System), which is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The ZEUS currently operates at a power exceeding 2 PW with a pulse duration of 25 fs. The facility has three shielded target areas mainly dedicated to external user experiments. The development of the laser facility, specifically designed to enable frontier plasma physics experiments, is described.
- Open Access
- 22 August 2025
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in High Power Laser Science and Engineering
- Vol. 13, 1-10
Active control of laser beam pointing for the Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System: a proof-of-principle study with 16-inch optics
We present a proof-of-principle study of active beam-pointing control for the Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (ZEUS) using a piezo-actuated 16-inch mirror. To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest actively controlled mirror reported in a high-power laser system. A simple proportional feedback control was implemented based on a field-programmable gate array, which reduced the standard deviation of beam-pointing fluctuations by 91% to 0.075 μrad in the horizontal direction and by 78% to 0.25 μrad in the vertical direction. We also demonstrated the elimination of long-term pointing jitter caused by temperature drift using the same apparatus.
- 22 August 2025
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in High Power Laser Science and Engineering
- Vol. 13, 1-10
Open AccessActive control of laser beam pointing for the Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System: a proof-of-principle study with 16-inch optics
We present a proof-of-principle study of active beam-pointing control for the Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (ZEUS) using a piezo-actuated 16-inch mirror. To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest actively controlled mirror reported in a high-power laser system. A simple proportional feedback control was implemented based on a field-programmable gate array, which reduced the standard deviation of beam-pointing fluctuations by 91% to 0.075 μrad in the horizontal direction and by 78% to 0.25 μrad in the vertical direction. We also demonstrated the elimination of long-term pointing jitter caused by temperature drift using the same apparatus.