In solid targets irradiated by short pulse high intensity lasers, fast electrons have collision
times longer than the laser pulse duration and mean free paths much larger than the radius …

We present the results of a detailed study on the acceleration of intense ion beams by
relativistic laser plasmas. The experiments were performed at the 100 TW laser at the …

Energetic ions have been observed since the very first laser-plasma experiments. Their
origin was found to be the charge separation of electrons heated by thelaser, which transfers …

Electron transport within solid targets, irradiated by a high-intensity short-pulse laser, has
been measured by imaging K α radiation from high-Z layers (Cu, Ti) buried in low-Z (CH, Al) …

We report on rear-side optical self-emission results from ultraintense laser pulse interactions
with solid targets. A prompt emission associated with a narrow electron jet has been …

Intense lasers interacting with dense targets accelerate relativistic electron beams, which
transport part of the laser energy into the target depth. However, the overall laser-to-target …

Intense relativistic electron beams, produced by high-intensity short-pulse laser irradiation of
a solid target, have many potential applications including fusion by fast ignition. Using a …

Multi-MeV ion production from the interaction of a short laser pulse with a high-density
plasma, accompanied by an underdense preplasma, has been studied with a particle-in-cell …

A scheme for collimating fast electrons in a specially engineered solid target is proposed.
Unlike previous approaches, the collimation is achieved by generating an azimuthal …

The modeling of petawatt laser-generated hot electrons in mass-limited solid-foil-target
interactions at “relativistic” laser intensities is presented using copper targets and …