Neutrons are a valuable tool for non-destructive material investigation as their interaction
cross sections with matter are isotope sensitive and can be used complementary to x-rays …

Using three-dimensional kinetic simulations, we examine the emission of collimated γ-ray
beams from structured laser-irradiated targets with a prefilled cylindrical channel and its …

A high-intensity laser beam propagating through a dense plasma drives a strong current that
robustly sustains a strong quasistatic azimuthal magnetic field. The laser field efficiently …

Thermal neutron (∼ 25 meV) beam is a powerful tool for investigating the structure and
properties of materials used in science and technology. A laser-driven neutron source …

Tools for three-dimensional elemental characterization are available on length scales
ranging from individual atoms, using electrons as a probe, to micrometers with X-rays …

An ultrabroad-band x-ray source, with photon energies from 10 keV to> 1 MeV, based on a
picosecond laser-driven plasma accelerator, is characterized and used to radiograph high …

Laser-driven deuterons generate neutrons with a mean energy of 2.5 MeV, through the 2H
(d, n) fusion reaction in a deuterated polyethylene (dPE) tablet. The deuterium ions are …

A substantial increase in local laser intensity is observed in the near field behind a plasma
shutter. This increase is caused by the interference of the diffracted light at the relativistic …

Laser irradiation of deuterated polyethylene nanowire arrays at intensities of 5× 10 19 W cm–
2 was recently reported to accelerate deuterons to multi-MeV energies, resulting in …

We report a significant enhancement in both the energy and the flux of relativistic electrons
accelerated by ultra-intense laser pulse irradiation (> 1× 10 21 W cm− 2) of near solid …