Ion acceleration by superintense laser-plasma interaction

A Macchi, M Borghesi, M Passoni - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2013 - APS
Ion acceleration driven by superintense laser pulses is attracting an impressive and steadily
increasing effort. Motivations can be found in the applicative potential and in the perspective …

Extremely high-intensity laser interactions with fundamental<? format?> quantum systems

A Di Piazza, C Müller, KZ Hatsagortsyan… - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2012 - APS
The field of laser-matter interaction traditionally deals with the response of atoms, molecules,
and plasmas to an external light wave. However, the recent sustained technological …

[HTML][HTML] In-target proton–boron nuclear fusion using a PW-class laser

D Margarone, J Bonvalet, L Giuffrida, A Morace… - Applied sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nuclear reactions between protons and boron-11 nuclei (p–B fusion) that were used to yield
energetic α-particles were initiated in a plasma that was generated by the interaction …

Radiation-reaction trap** of electrons in extreme laser fields

LL Ji, A Pukhov, IY Kostyukov, BF Shen, K Akli - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
A radiation-reaction trap** (RRT) of electrons is revealed in the near-QED regime of laser-
plasma interaction. Electrons quivering in laser pulse experience radiation reaction (RR) …

Optical control of the topology of laser-plasma accelerators

J Vieira, JT Mendonça, F Quéré - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
We propose a twisted plasma accelerator capable of generating relativistic electron vortex
beams with helical current profiles. The angular momentum of these vortex bunches is …

Electromagnetic cascade in high-energy electron, positron, and photon interactions with intense laser pulses

SS Bulanov, CB Schroeder, E Esarey… - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2013 - APS
The interaction of high-energy electrons, positrons, and photons with intense laser pulses is
studied in head-on collision geometry. It is shown that electrons and/or positrons undergo a …

Energy partition, γ-ray emission, and radiation reaction in the near-quantum electrodynamical regime of laser-plasma interaction

LL Ji, A Pukhov, EN Nerush, IY Kostyukov… - Physics of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
When extremely intense lasers (I≥ 10 22 W/cm 2) interact with plasmas, a significant
fraction of the pulse energy is converted into photon emission in the multi-MeV energy …

Classical radiation reaction in particle-in-cell simulations

M Vranic, JL Martins, RA Fonseca, LO Silva - Computer Physics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Under the presence of ultra high intensity lasers or other intense electromagnetic fields the
motion of particles in the ultrarelativistic regime can be severely affected by radiation …

Laser-driven Rayleigh-Taylor instability: Plasmonic effects and three-dimensional structures

A Sgattoni, S Sinigardi, L Fedeli, F Pegoraro, A Macchi - Physical Review E, 2015 - APS
The acceleration of dense targets driven by the radiation pressure of high-intensity lasers
leads to a Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) with rippling of the interaction surface. Using a …

Inverse Faraday effect driven by radiation friction

TV Liseykina, SV Popruzhenko… - New Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
A collective, macroscopic signature to detect radiation friction in laser–plasma experiments
is proposed. In the interaction of superintense circularly polarized laser pulses with high …