[HTML][HTML] Increased laser-accelerated proton energies via direct laser-light-pressure acceleration of electrons in microcone targets

SA Gaillard, T Kluge, KA Flippo, M Bussmann… - Physics of …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We present experimental results showing a laser-accelerated proton beam maximum
energy cutoff of 67.5 MeV, with more than 5× 10 6 protons per MeV at that energy, using flat …

Guiding of relativistic electron beams in dense matter by laser-driven magnetostatic fields

M Bailly-Grandvaux, JJ Santos, C Bellei… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Intense lasers interacting with dense targets accelerate relativistic electron beams, which
transport part of the laser energy into the target depth. However, the overall laser-to-target …

Hot electrons transverse refluxing in ultraintense laser-solid interactions

S Buffechoux, J Psikal, M Nakatsutsumi, L Romagnani… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
We have analyzed the coupling of ultraintense lasers (at∼ 2× 10 19 W/cm 2) with solid foils
of limited transverse extent (<? format?>∼<? format?> 10 s of μ m) by monitoring the …

Improved modeling of relativistic collisions and collisional ionization in particle-in-cell codes

F Pérez, L Gremillet, A Decoster, M Drouin… - Physics of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
An improved Monte Carlo collisional scheme modeling both elastic and inelastic interactions
has been implemented into the particle-in-cell code CALDER [E. Lefebvre et al., Nucl …

Homogeneous, micron-scale high-energy-density matter generated by relativistic laser-solid interactions

NF Beier, H Allison, P Efthimion, KA Flippo, L Gao… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Short-pulse, laser-solid interactions provide a unique platform for studying complex high-
energy-density matter. We present the first demonstration of solid-density, micron-scale keV …

Evidence of resonant surface-wave excitation in the relativistic regime through measurements of proton acceleration from grating targets

T Ceccotti, V Floquet, A Sgattoni, A Bigongiari, O Klimo… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
The interaction of laser pulses with thin grating targets, having a periodic groove at the
irradiated surface, is experimentally investigated. Ultrahigh contrast (<? format?>∼< …

High Resolution Energy-Angle Correlation Measurement<? format?> of Hard X Rays from Laser-Thomson Backscattering

A Jochmann, A Irman, M Bussmann, JP Couperus… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
Thomson backscattering of intense laser pulses from relativistic electrons not only allows for
the generation of bright x-ray pulses but also for the investigation of the complex particle …

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 …

Time-resolved optical shadowgraphy of solid hydrogen jets as a testbed to benchmark particle-in-cell simulations

L Yang, L Huang, S Assenbaum, TE Cowan… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations are a widely-used tool to model kinetics-dominated
plasmas in ultrarelativistic laser-solid interactions (dimensionless vectorpotential a 0> 1) …

Laser-driven proton acceleration beyond 100 MeV by radiation pressure and Coulomb repulsion in a conduction-restricted plasma

Y Shou, X Wu, KH Pae, GE Ahn, SY Kim… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
An ultrahigh-intensity femtosecond laser can establish a longitudinal electric field stronger
than 1013 Vm− 1 within a plasma, accelerating particles potentially to GeV over a sub …