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 …

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 …

In megabar shock waves, materials compress and undergo a phase transition to a dense
charged-particle system that is dominated by strong correlations and quantum effects. This …

Intense lasers enable generating high-energy particle beams in university-scale
laboratories. With the direct laser acceleration (DLA) method, the leading part of the laser …

ELI-Beamlines (ELI-BL), one of the three pillars of the Extreme Light Infrastructure
endeavour, will be in a unique position to perform research in high-energy-density-physics …

Nuclear fusion is regularly created in spherical plasma compressions driven by multi-
kilojoule pulses from the world's largest lasers. Here we demonstrate a dense fusion …

We report on the first successful proof-of-principle experiment to manipulate laser-matter
interactions on microscales using highly ordered Si microwire arrays. The interaction of a …

Almost fully stripped Fe ions accelerated up to 0.9 GeV are demonstrated with a 200 TW
femtosecond high-intensity laser irradiating a micron-thick Al foil with Fe impurity on the …

Ultrahigh-energy density (UHED) matter, characterized by energy densities> 1× 108 J cm− 3
and pressures greater than a gigabar, is encountered in the center of stars and inertial …

The investigation of superintense laser-driven ion sources and their potential applications
offers unique opportunities for multidisciplinary research. Plasma physics can be combined …