Effects of front-surface target structures on properties of relativistic laser-plasma electrons

S Jiang, AG Krygier, DW Schumacher, KU Akli… - Physical Review E, 2014‏ - APS
We report the results of a study of the role of prescribed geometrical structures on the front of
a target in determining the energy and spatial distribution of relativistic laser-plasma …

Enhanced laser-driven proton acceleration using nanowire targets

S Vallières, M Salvadori, A Permogorov, G Cantono… - Scientific Reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
Laser-driven proton acceleration is a growing field of interest in the high-power laser
community. One of the big challenges related to the most routinely used laser-driven ion …

Collection and focusing of laser accelerated proton beam by an electromagnetic quadrupole triplet lens

M Wu, J Zhu, D Li, T Yang, Q Liao, Y Geng, X Xu… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
To make use of laser-accelerated protons in real-world applications, specially-designed
beamlines are required to control and improve the quality of the beam. At Peking University …

Enhancement of target normal sheath acceleration in laser multi-channel target interaction

DB Zou, DY Yu, XR Jiang, MY Yu, ZY Chen… - Physics of …, 2019‏ - pubs.aip.org
Target-normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) of ions by> 100-fs relativistic laser pulses
irradiating a multichannel target consisting of a row of parallel long wires and a plane back …

Enhancing Bremsstrahlung production from ultraintense laser-solid interactions with front surface structures

S Jiang, AG Krygier, DW Schumacher, KU Akli… - The European Physical …, 2014‏ - Springer
We report the results of a combined study of particle-in-cell and Monte Carlo modeling that
investigates the production of Bremsstrahlung radiation produced when an ultraintense …

Improvement of laser absorption and control of particle acceleration by subwavelength nanowire target

R **e, LH Cao, Y Chao, Y Jiang, ZJ Liu, CY Zheng… - Physics of …, 2020‏ - pubs.aip.org
The effects of the subwavelength nanowire target on the enhanced laser absorption, heating
of electrons, and acceleration and control of energetic ions are investigated by using two …

Modeling the interaction of an ultra-high intensity laser pulse with nano-layered flat-top cone targets for ion acceleration

O Budrigă, E d'Humières, LE Ionel… - Plasma Physics and …, 2019‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We study the interaction of an ultra-high intensity laser pulse with plastic nano-layered flat-
top cone targets by performing particle-in-cell simulations. Also, we analyze the spatio …

The laser-driven ion acceleration beamline on the ALLS 200 TW for testing nanowire targets

S Vallières, P Puyuelo-Valdes… - … , Protons, and Ions …, 2019‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present recent advances of the laser-driven proton acceleration beamline on the
Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS) 200 TW located at INRS-EMT in Varennes near …

Enhanced laser-driven proton acceleration using ultrasmall nanoparticles

S Vallières, M Barberio, M Scisciò, E d'Humières… - … Review Accelerators and …, 2019‏ - APS
An efficient way to enhance laser-driven proton acceleration is by increasing the laser-to-
target energy transfer, which can be obtained using nanostructured target surfaces. In this …

Fabrication of nanostructured targets for improved laser-driven proton acceleration

M Barberio, M Sciscio, S Veltri, P Antici - Superlattices and Microstructures, 2016‏ - Elsevier
In this work, we present a novel realization of nanostructured targets suitable for improving
laser-driven proton acceleration experiments, in particular with regard to the Target-Normal …