Matter in extreme conditions produced by lasers

D Batani - Europhysics Letters, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This perspective addresses the study of" extreme" states of matter created by laser pulses.
We define" warm dense states" and" high energy density", their importance in physics, how …

Generation of high energy laser-driven electron and proton sources with the 200 TW system VEGA 2 at the Centro de Laseres Pulsados

L Volpe, R Fedosejevs, G Gatti… - High Power Laser …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The Centro de Laseres Pulsados in Salamanca, Spain has recently started operation phase
and the first user access period on the 6 J 30 fs 200 TW system (VEGA 2) already started at …

Fast electron energy transport in solid density and compressed plasma

P Norreys, D Batani, S Baton, FN Beg, R Kodama… - Nuclear …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We provide a review of selected experiments on fast electron transport in solids and
plasmas following laser-matter interaction at relativistic intensities. Particular attention is …

Characterisation and modelling of ultrashort laser-driven electromagnetic pulses

K Nelissen, M Liszi, MD Marco, V Ospina, I Drotár… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Recent advances on laser technology have enabled the generation of ultrashort (fs) high
power (PW) laser systems. For such large scale laser facilities there is an imperative …

Generation and characterization of warm dense matter isochorically heated by laser-induced relativistic electrons in a wire target

A Schönlein, G Boutoux, S Pikuz, L Antonelli… - Europhysics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We studied the interaction of a high-intensity laser with mass-limited Ti-wires. The laser was
focused up to $7\times 10^{20}\\text {W/cm}^{2} $, with contrast of $10^{-10} $ to produce …

Enhanced relativistic-electron beam collimation using two consecutive laser pulses

S Malko, X Vaisseau, F Perez, D Batani, A Curcio… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
The double laser pulse approach to relativistic electron beam (REB) collimation in solid
targets has been investigated at the LULI-ELFIE facility. In this scheme two collinear laser …

Measurement of reflectivity of spherically bent crystals using Kα signal from hot electrons produced by laser-matter interaction

L Antonelli, P Forestier-Colleoni, G Folpini… - Review of Scientific …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
In an experiment at the laser facility ECLIPSE of the CELIA laboratory, University of
Bordeaux, we measure the reflectivity of spherically bent crystals that are commonly used to …

Unraveling resistive versus collisional contributions to relativistic electron beam stopping power in cold-solid and in warm-dense plasmas

B Vauzour, A Debayle, X Vaisseau, S Hulin… - Physics of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We present results on laser-driven relativistic electron beam propagation through aluminum
samples, which are either solid and cold or compressed and heated by laser-induced shock …

Experimental study of fast electron generation from intense laser irradiated mylar foil with thin metal coating on front or rear surfaces

T Mandal, V Arora, A Moorti, A Upadhyay… - Physics of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We report angular and spectral distribution of fast electrons in the interaction of a high
intensity laser pulse (30 fs, I∼ 10 19 W/cm 2) with uncoated transparent mylar foil (thickness …

Generation of high pressures by short-pulse low-energy laser irradiation

K Jakubowska, D Batani, JF Feugeas… - Europhysics …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The goal of this paper is twofold: first, we demonstrate shock generation with ultra-short (24
fs) and low-energy (J) laser pulse, following the energy deposition in the target by fast …