Femtosecond x rays from laser-plasma accelerators

S Corde, K Ta Phuoc, G Lambert, R Fitour, V Malka… - Reviews of Modern …, 2013 - APS
Relativistic interaction of short-pulse lasers with underdense plasmas has recently led to the
emergence of a novel generation of femtosecond x-ray sources. Based on radiation from …

Vlasov methods in space physics and astrophysics

M Palmroth, U Ganse, Y Pfau-Kempf… - Living reviews in …, 2018 - Springer
This paper reviews Vlasov-based numerical methods used to model plasma in space
physics and astrophysics. Plasma consists of collectively behaving charged particles that …

The extreme light infrastructure—nuclear physics (ELI-NP) facility: new horizons in physics with 10 PW ultra-intense lasers and 20 MeV brilliant gamma beams

S Gales, KA Tanaka, DL Balabanski… - Reports on Progress …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has selected in
2006 a proposal based on ultra-intense laser fields with intensities reaching up to 10 22–10 …

[HTML][HTML] Current status and highlights of the ELI-NP research program

KA Tanaka, KM Spohr, DL Balabanski… - Matter and Radiation …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The emergence of a new era reaching beyond current state-of-the-art ultrashort and
ultraintense laser technology has been enabled by the approval of around€ 850 million …

Enhancement of electron energy to the multi-GeV regime by a dual-stage laser-wakefield accelerator pumped by petawatt laser pulses

HT Kim, KH Pae, HJ Cha, IJ Kim, TJ Yu, JH Sung… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
Laser-wakefield acceleration offers the promise of a compact electron accelerator for
generating a multi-GeV electron beam using the huge field gradient induced by an intense …

A spectral, quasi-cylindrical and dispersion-free Particle-In-Cell algorithm

R Lehe, M Kirchen, IA Andriyash, BB Godfrey… - Computer Physics …, 2016 - Elsevier
We propose a spectral Particle-In-Cell (PIC) algorithm that is based on the combination of a
Hankel transform and a Fourier transform. For physical problems that have close-to …

Bright spatially coherent synchrotron X-rays from a table-top source

S Kneip, C McGuffey, JL Martins, SF Martins, C Bellei… - Nature Physics, 2010 - nature.com
Each successive generation of X-ray machines has opened up new frontiers in science,
such as the first radiographs and the determination of the structure of DNA. State-of-the-art X …

Laser-driven soft-X-ray undulator source

M Fuchs, R Weingartner, A Popp, Z Major, S Becker… - Nature physics, 2009 - nature.com
Synchrotrons and free-electron lasers are the most powerful sources of X-ray radiation. They
constitute invaluable tools for a broad range of research; however, their dependence on …

Demonstration of a Narrow Energy Spread, Electron Beam <?format ?>from a Two-Stage Laser Wakefield Accelerator

BB Pollock, CE Clayton, JE Ralph, F Albert… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
Laser wakefield acceleration of electrons holds great promise for producing ultracompact
stages of GeV scale, high-quality electron beams for applications such as x-ray free electron …

Demonstration scheme for a laser-plasma-driven free-electron laser

AR Maier, A Meseck, S Reiche, CB Schroeder… - Physical Review X, 2012 - APS
Laser-plasma accelerators are prominent candidates for driving next-generation compact
light sources, promising high-brightness, few-femtosecond x-ray pulses intrinsically …