[HTML][HTML] Forward-looking insights in laser-generated ultra-intense γ-ray and neutron sources for nuclear application and science

MM Günther, ON Rosmej, P Tavana… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Ultra-intense MeV photon and neutron beams are indispensable tools in many research
fields such as nuclear, atomic and material science as well as in medical and biophysical …

Multimillijoule coherent terahertz bursts from picosecond laser-irradiated metal foils

G Liao, Y Li, H Liu, GG Scott, D Neely… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Ultrahigh-power terahertz (THz) radiation sources are essential for many applications, for
example, THz-wave-based compact accelerators and THz control over matter. However, to …

High-current laser-driven beams of relativistic electrons for high energy density research

ON Rosmej, M Gyrdymov, MM Günther… - Plasma Physics and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on enhanced laser driven electron beam generation in the multi MeV energy
range that promises a tremendous increase of the diagnostic potential of high energy sub …

Laser produced electromagnetic pulses: generation, detection and mitigation

F Consoli, VT Tikhonchuk, M Bardon… - High Power Laser …, 2020 - cambridge.org
This paper provides an up-to-date review of the problems related to the generation,
detection and mitigation of strong electromagnetic pulses created in the interaction of high …

Laser-driven x-ray and neutron source development for industrial applications of plasma accelerators

CM Brenner, SR Mirfayzi, DR Rusby… - Plasma Physics and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Pulsed beams of energetic x-rays and neutrons from intense laser interactions with solid
foils are promising for applications where bright, small emission area sources, capable of …

Enhanced brightness of a laser-driven x-ray and particle source by microstructured surfaces of silicon targets

T Ebert, NW Neumann, LNK Döhl, J Jarrett… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The production of intense x-ray and particle sources is one of the most remarkable aspects
of high energy laser interaction with a solid target. Wide application of these laser-driven …

Effect of rear surface fields on hot, refluxing and escaping electron populations via numerical simulations

DR Rusby, CD Armstrong, GG Scott, M King… - High Power Laser …, 2019 - cambridge.org
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 …

Hot electron retention in laser plasma created under terawatt subnanosecond irradiation of Cu targets

T Pisarczyk, M Kalal, SY Gus'kov… - Plasma Physics and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser plasma created by intense light interaction with matter plays an important role in high-
energy density fundamental studies and many prospective applications. Terawatt laser …

Ablating ion velocity distributions in short-pulse-heated solids via x-ray Doppler shifts

BF Kraus, L Gao, W Fox, KW Hill, M Bitter… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Solids ablate under laser irradiation, but experiments have not previously characterized the
initiation of this process at ultrarelativistic laser intensities. We present first measurements of …

Enhanced electron acceleration by high-intensity lasers in extended (confined) preplasma in cone targets

DR Rusby, GE Cochran, A Aghedo, F Albert… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We report on experimental results from a high-intensity laser interaction with cone targets
that increase the number (× 3) and temperature (× 3) of the measured hot electrons over a …