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 …

For many years, laser-driven ion acceleration, mainly proton acceleration, has been
proposed and a number of proof-of-principle experiments have been carried out with lasers …

The acceleration of ions from ultrathin foils has been investigated by using 250 TW,
subpicosecond laser pulses, focused to intensities of up to 3× 10 20 W cm-2. The ion spectra …

The problem of the'hole-boring'(HB)-type of radiation pressure acceleration of ions by
circularly polarized laser pulses interacting with overdense plasmas is considered in the …

Ultraintense laser pulses propagating in near-critical density plasmas generate magnetic
dipole vortex structures. In the region of decreasing plasma density, the vortex expands both …

The ways toward modeling of astrophysical processes and extreme field regimes with super-
power lasers are discussed. The main attention is paid to the problem of limited similarity in …

Laser ponderomotive force at superhigh intensities provides an efficient ion acceleration in
bulk dense targets and evacuates a channel enabling further laser beam propagation. The …

Relativistic flying mirrors in plasmas are thin, dense electron or electron–ion layers
accelerated by high-intensity electromagnetic waves to velocities close to the speed of light …

The acceleration of sub-wavelength, solid-density plasma foils by the ultraintense radiation
pressure of circularly polarized laser pulses is investigated analytically and with simulations …

High-intensity laser–plasma interactions produce a wide array of energetic particles and
beams with promising applications. Unfortunately, the high repetition rate and high average …