The first demonstration of laser action in ruby was made in 1960 by TH Maiman of Hughes
Research Laboratories, USA. Many laboratories worldwide began the search for lasers …

After a population of laser-driven hot electrons traverses a limited thickness solid target,
these electrons will encounter the rear surface, creating TV/m fields that heavily influence …

Collective processes in plasmas often induce microinstabilities that play an important role in
many space or laboratory plasma environments. Particularly notable is the Weibel-type …

High-intensity laser–solid interactions generate relativistic electrons, as well as high-energy
(multi-MeV) ions and x-rays. The directionality, spectra and total number of electrons that …

Since the observation of the first brown dwarf in 1995, numerous studies have led to a better
understanding of the structures of these objects. Here we present a method for studying …

Energy loss in the transport of a beam of relativistic electrons in warm dense aluminum is
measured in the regime of ultrahigh electron beam current density over 2× 10 11 A/cm 2 …

Here, we propose to exploit the low energy bandwidth, small wavelength, and penetration
power of ultrashort pulses from XFELs for resonant Small Angle Scattering (SAXS) on …

It is shown for the first time that the spatial and temporal distribution of laser accelerated
protons can be used as a diagnostic of Weibel instability presence and evolution in the rear …

Resistively guiding laser-generated fast electron beams in targets consisting of a resistive
wire embedded in lower Z material should allow one to rapidly heat the wire to over 100 eV …

A key issue in realising the development of a number of applications of high-intensity lasers
is the dynamics of the fast electrons produced and how to diagnose them. We report on …