A scaling study of short-pulse laser-driven proton and electron acceleration was conducted
as a function of pulse duration, laser energy, and laser intensity in the multi-picosecond (ps) …

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 …

During the interaction of an intense picosecond laser pulse with a plasma created by a
plastic foil ablated by a nanosecond laser pulse, relativistic electrons are produced. A metal …

With the advent of multi-petawatt lasers, the relativistic transparency regime of laser-plasma
interactions becomes readily accessible for near-solid density targets. Initially opaque …

Real-time evaluation of laser-driven byproducts is crucial for state-of-the-art facilities
operating at high repetition rates. This work presents real-time measurements of hard X-rays …

High-energy bremsstrahlung emission can occur owing to electron scattering in the nuclei or
ions Coulomb field following the relativistic-electron generation in high-intensity laser …

Laser-plasma interactions have been demonstrated to produce bright sources of energetic
radiation including ions, electrons, photons across the electro-magnetic spectrum, and …

With the development of high-intensity and high-repetition rate laser systems, it has become
crucial to be able to detect and characterize in real time the high-energy byproducts (mainly …

Increasing the intensity to which high power laser pulses are focused has opened up new
research possibilities, including promising new approaches to particle acceleration and …

Measurements of K α line and bremsstrahlung continuous x-ray emission from high-intensity
laser-irradiated thin targets are presented. The experiments were performed at the SG-II UP …