Ion acceleration driven by superintense laser pulses is attracting an impressive and steadily
increasing effort. Motivations can be found in the applicative potential and in the perspective …

For many years, laser-driven ion acceleration, mainly proton acceleration, has been
proposed and a number of proof-of-principle experiments have been carried out with lasers …

Rapid progress in the development of high-intensity laser systems has extended our ability
to study light–matter interactions far into the relativistic domain, in which electrons are driven …

The acceleration of ions from ultrathin foils has been investigated by using 250 TW,
subpicosecond laser pulses, focused to intensities of up to 3× 10 20 W cm-2. The ion spectra …

A stable relativistic ion acceleration regime for thin foils irradiated by circularly polarized
laser pulses is suggested. In this regime, the “light-sail” stage of radiation pressure …

Analogous to an assembly line, we employed a modular design for the high-throughput
study of 1,536 structurally distinct nanoparticles with cationic cores and variable shells. This …

Ions can be effectively accelerated during the interaction of an ultra-intense ultra-short laser
pulse irradiating a thin solid target via the so-called target normal sheath acceleration …

The stability of a thin plasma foil accelerated by the radiation pressure of a high intensity
electromagnetic (em) pulse is investigated analytically and with particle in cell numerical …

This review article highlights the tremendous evolution of the research on laser plasma
accelerators which has, in record time, led to the production of high quality electron beams …

Energetic ions have been observed since the very first laser-plasma experiments. Their
origin was found to be the charge separation of electrons heated by thelaser, which transfers …