Advances in ultrafast plasmonics

AN Koya, M Romanelli, J Kuttruff… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In the past 20 years, we have reached a broad understanding of many light-driven
phenomena in nanoscale systems. The temporal dynamics of the excited states are instead …

[HTML][HTML] High-energy-density plasma in femtosecond-laser-irradiated nanowire-array targets for nuclear reactions

D Kong, G Zhang, Y Shou, S Xu, Z Mei, Z Cao… - Matter and Radiation …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, the high-energy-density plasmas (HEDP) evolved from joule-class-femtosecond-
laser-irradiated nanowire-array (NWA) targets were numerically and experimentally studied …

Ultra-intense femtosecond laser interactions 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 …

Ultra-high-pressure generation in the relativistic transparency regime in laser-irradiated nanowire arrays

JF Ong, P Ghenuche, ICE Turcu, A Pukhov, KA Tanaka - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
We show that an ultra-high-pressure plasma can be generated when an aligned nanowire is
irradiated by a laser with relativistic transparent intensity. Using a particle-in-cell simulation …

High current ionic flows via ultra-fast lasers for fusion applications

H Ruhl, G Korn - arxiv preprint arxiv:2212.12941, 2022 - arxiv.org
In the present paper we introduce a new accelerator concept for ions. The accelerator is
nano-structured and can consist of a range of materials. It is capable of generating large …

Coherent control of relativistic electron dynamics in plasma nanophotonics

A Dulat, S Rakeeb, S Dam, AD Lad… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Intense femtosecond laser pulses interacting with solids can drive electrons to relativistic
energies, enabling miniaturized particle accelerators and bright extreme‐UV light sources …

Investigation of proton beam-driven fusion reactions generated by an ultra-short petawatt-scale laser pulse

MS Schollmeier, V Shirvanyan, C Capper… - Laser and Particle …, 2022 - cambridge.org
We present results from a pitcher-catcher experiment utilizing a proton beam generated with
nanostructured targets at a petawatt-class, short-pulse laser facility to induce proton-boron …

Enhanced laser absorption and ion acceleration by boron nitride nanotube targets and high-energy PW laser pulses

M Tosca, A Morace, M Schollmeier, S Steinke… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Enhancing laser energy absorption with energy transfer to fast electrons is crucial for
efficient laser-driven ion acceleration. In this work, we present an experimental …

Electron and ion acceleration from femtosecond laser-plasma peeler scheme

XF Shen, A Pukhov, B Qiao - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Using three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, we further investigate the electron and
ion acceleration from femtosecond laser–plasma peeler scheme which was proposed in our …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrahigh-energy density state in nanowire arrays irradiated with picosecond kilojoule-class ultra-intense laser

D Tanaka, Y Maeda, Y Hironaka, K Kawasaki… - AIP Advances, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Ultrahigh-energy density (UHED) states greater than 1 Gbar pressure are typically observed
under extreme conditions, such as in the core of an inertial confinement fusion implosion. A …