0.85 PW laser operation at 3.3 Hz and high-contrast ultrahigh-intensity λ= 400 nm second-harmonic beamline

Y Wang, S Wang, A Rockwood, BM Luther… - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the generation of 0.85 PW, 30 fs laser pulses at a repetition rate of 3.3 Hz
with a record average power of 85 W from a Ti: sapphire laser. The system is pumped by …

Efficient picosecond x-ray pulse generation from plasmas in the radiation dominated regime

R Hollinger, C Bargsten, VN Shlyaptsev, V Kaymak… - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
The efficient conversion of optical laser light into bright ultrafast x-ray pulses in laser created
plasmas is of high interest for dense plasma physics studies, material science, and other …

Advanced laser-driven ion sources and their applications in materials and nuclear science

M Passoni, FM Arioli, L Cialfi… - Plasma Physics and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The investigation of superintense laser-driven ion sources and their potential applications
offers unique opportunities for multidisciplinary research. Plasma physics can be combined …

[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 laser interaction with nanostructured near-critical plasmas

L Fedeli, A Formenti, L Cialfi, A Pazzaglia, M Passoni - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Near-critical plasmas irradiated at ultra-high laser intensities (I> 1018W/cm2) allow to
improve the performances of laser-driven particle and radiation sources and to explore …

Ion acceleration and DD fusion neutron generation in relativistically transparent deuterated nanowire arrays

A Curtis, R Hollinger, C Calvi, S Wang, S Huanyu… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
Laser irradiation of deuterated polyethylene nanowire arrays at intensities of 5× 10 19 W cm–
2 was recently reported to accelerate deuterons to multi-MeV energies, resulting in …

Enhanced electron acceleration in aligned nanowire arrays irradiated at highly relativistic intensities

A Moreau, R Hollinger, C Calvi, S Wang… - Plasma Physics and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We report a significant enhancement in both the energy and the flux of relativistic electrons
accelerated by ultra-intense laser pulse irradiation (> 1× 10 21 W cm− 2) of near solid …

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 …

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 …

The femtosecond structure of extreme contrast, multi-terawatt second-harmonic laser pulses at 400 nm

C Aparajit, A Dulat, A Choudhary, AD Lad… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Ultrahigh intensity contrast and short pulse laser–solid interactions offer an attractive
platform for investigating high-energy-density matter, particularly in the context of structured …