Ultra-intense femtosecond laser interactions<? TeX\break?> with aligned nanostructures

JJ Rocca, MG Capeluto, RC Hollinger, S Wang… - Optica, 2024‏ - opg.optica.org
The interaction of ultrafast laser pulses of relativistic intensity with high aspect ratio
nanostructures can efficiently and volumetrically heat matter to an ultra-high-energy-density …

Absorption of ultrashort intense lasers in laser–solid interactions

ZM Sheng, SM Weng, LL Yu, WM Wang… - Chinese …, 2015‏ - iopscience.iop.org
With the advent of ultrashort high intensity laser pulses, laser absorption during the laser–
solid interactions has received significant attention over the last two decades since it is …

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 …

The generation of collimated γ-ray pulse from the interaction between 10 PW laser and a narrow tube target

JQ Yu, RH Hu, Z Gong, A Ting, Z Najmudin… - Applied Physics …, 2018‏ - pubs.aip.org
A scheme to radiate a highly collimated γ-ray pulse is proposed through the interaction
between an ultra-intense laser pulse and a narrow tube target. The γ-ray pulse, with high …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced target normal sheath acceleration of protons from intense laser interaction with a cone-tube target

KD **ao, TW Huang, CT Zhou, B Qiao, SZ Wu… - AIP Advances, 2016‏ - pubs.aip.org
Laser driven proton acceleration is proposed to be greatly enhanced by using a cone-tube
target, which can be easily manufactured by current 3D-print technology. It is observed that …

Energetic electron-bunch generation in a phase-locked longitudinal laser electric field

KD **ao, TW Huang, LB Ju, R Li, SL Yang, YC Yang… - Physical Review E, 2016‏ - APS
Energetic electron acceleration processes in a plasma hollow tube irradiated by an
ultraintense laser pulse are investigated. It is found that the longitudinal component of the …

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 …

High brilliance γ-ray generation from the laser interaction in a carbon plasma channel

C Heppe, N Kumar - Frontiers in Physics, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
The generation of collimated, high brilliance γ-ray beams from a structured plasma channel
target is studied by means of 2D PIC simulations. Simulation results reveal an optimum laser …

Generation mechanism of 100 MG magnetic fields in the interaction of ultra-intense laser pulse with nanostructured target

JM Tian, HB Cai, WS Zhang, EH Zhang… - High Power Laser …, 2020‏ - cambridge.org
Experimental and simulation data [Moreau et al., Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 014013
(2019); Kaymak et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 035004 (2016)] indicate that self-generated …

Manipulation and optimization of electron transport by nanopore array targets

Y Yue, L Boyuan, W Yuchi, ZHU Bin… - Plasma Science and …, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The transport of sub-picosecond laser-driven fast electrons in nanopore array targets is
studied. Attributed to the generation of micro-structured magnetic fields, most fast electron …