Review of laser-driven ion sources and their applications

H Daido, M Nishiuchi… - Reports on progress in …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Femtosecond x rays from laser-plasma accelerators

S Corde, K Ta Phuoc, G Lambert, R Fitour, V Malka… - Reviews of Modern …, 2013 - APS
Relativistic interaction of short-pulse lasers with underdense plasmas has recently led to the
emergence of a novel generation of femtosecond x-ray sources. Based on radiation from …

Free-electron lasing with compact beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerator

R Pompili, D Alesini, MP Anania, S Arjmand… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The possibility to accelerate electron beams to ultra-relativistic velocities over short
distances by using plasma-based technology holds the potential for a revolution in the field …

Acceleration of electrons in the plasma wakefield of a proton bunch

E Adli, A Ahuja, O Apsimon, R Apsimon, AM Bachmann… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
High-energy particle accelerators have been crucial in providing a deeper understanding of
fundamental particles and the forces that govern their interactions. To increase the energy of …

Contemporary particle-in-cell approach to laser-plasma modelling

TD Arber, K Bennett, CS Brady… - Plasma Physics and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Particle-in-cell (PIC) methods have a long history in the study of laser-plasma
interactions. Early electromagnetic codes used the Yee staggered grid for field variables …

Petawatt class lasers worldwide

C Danson, D Hillier, N Hopps, D Neely - High power laser science …, 2015 - cambridge.org
The use of ultra-high intensity laser beams to achieve extreme material states in the
laboratory has become almost routine with the development of the petawatt laser. Petawatt …

Applications of laser wakefield accelerator-based light sources

F Albert, AGR Thomas - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser-wakefield accelerators (LWFAs) were proposed more than three decades ago, and
while they promise to deliver compact, high energy particle accelerators, they will also …

Physics of laser-driven plasma-based electron accelerators

E Esarey, CB Schroeder, WP Leemans - Reviews of modern physics, 2009 - APS
Laser-driven plasma-based accelerators, which are capable of supporting fields in excess of
100 GV∕ m, are reviewed. This includes the laser wakefield accelerator, the plasma beat …

Intense few-cycle laser fields: Frontiers of nonlinear optics

T Brabec, F Krausz - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2000 - APS
The rise time of intense radiation determines the maximum field strength atoms can be
exposed to before their polarizability dramatically drops due to the detachment of an outer …

[HTML][HTML] EuPRAXIA conceptual design report

RW Assmann, MK Weikum, T Akhter, D Alesini… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
This report presents the conceptual design of a new European research infrastructure
EuPRAXIA. The concept has been established over the last four years in a unique …