Towards the optimisation of direct laser acceleration
Experimental measurements using the OMEGA EP laser facility demonstrated direct laser
acceleration (DLA) of electron beams to (505±75) MeV with (140±30) nC of charge from a …
acceleration (DLA) of electron beams to (505±75) MeV with (140±30) nC of charge from a …
Direct laser acceleration of electrons assisted by strong laser-driven azimuthal plasma magnetic fields
A high-intensity laser beam propagating through a dense plasma drives a strong current that
robustly sustains a strong quasistatic azimuthal magnetic field. The laser field efficiently …
robustly sustains a strong quasistatic azimuthal magnetic field. The laser field efficiently …
Relativistically transparent magnetic filaments: scaling laws, initial results and prospects for strong-field QED studies
HG Rinderknecht, T Wang, AL Garcia… - New Journal of …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Relativistic transparency enables volumetric laser interaction with overdense plasmas and
direct laser acceleration of electrons to relativistic velocities. The dense electron current …
direct laser acceleration of electrons to relativistic velocities. The dense electron current …
Ion heating in laser interacting with magnetized plasma
The ion heating mechanism in the context of laser interacting with plasma immersed in a
strong magnetic field is studied. The electron motion transverse to the magnetic field gets …
strong magnetic field is studied. The electron motion transverse to the magnetic field gets …
Strong surface magnetic field generation in relativistic short pulse laser–plasma interaction with an applied seed magnetic field
While plasma often behaves diamagnetically, we demonstrate that the laser irradiation of a
thin opaque target with an embedded target-transverse seed magnetic field B seed can …
thin opaque target with an embedded target-transverse seed magnetic field B seed can …
Arbitrary Time Sha** of Broadband Low-Coherence Light Based on Optical Parametric Amplification
Y Wang, X Wang, M Sun, X Liang, H Wei, W Fan - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Laser–plasma interactions (LPIs) hinder the interaction of high-energy laser pulses with
targets. The use of broadband low-coherence light has been proposed to reduce the impact …
targets. The use of broadband low-coherence light has been proposed to reduce the impact …
Deciphering in situ electron dynamics of ultrarelativistic plasma via polarization pattern of emitted -photons
Understanding and interpretation of the dynamics of ultrarelativistic plasma is a challenge,
which calls for the development of methods for in situ probing the plasma dynamical …
which calls for the development of methods for in situ probing the plasma dynamical …
Electron acceleration by a tightly focused laser pulse in an ion channel
We examine the electron acceleration by tightly focused radially polarized laser beam in a
preformed ion channel. The tight focusing and polarization of laser beam takes the …
preformed ion channel. The tight focusing and polarization of laser beam takes the …
Algorithm for computing the electron-positron yield from the linear Breit-Wheeler process in high-intensity laser-plasma interactions
Y He, A Arefiev - Computer Physics Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
High-intensity laser-plasma interactions have been shown to generate dense populations of
gamma-rays, so these interactions are expected to generate electron-positron pairs via …
gamma-rays, so these interactions are expected to generate electron-positron pairs via …
[HTML][HTML] Efficient backward x-ray emission in a finite-length plasma irradiated by a laser pulse of picosecond duration
Motivated by experiments employing picosecond-long, kilojoule laser pulses, we examined
x-ray emission in a finite-length underdense plasma irradiated by such a pulse using two …
x-ray emission in a finite-length underdense plasma irradiated by such a pulse using two …