Stable laser-acceleration of high-flux proton beams with plasma collimation

MJV Streeter, GD Glenn, S DiIorio, F Treffert… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Laser-plasma acceleration of protons offers a compact, ultra-fast alternative to conventional
acceleration techniques, and is being widely pursued for potential applications in medicine …

Versatile tape-drive target for high-repetition-rate laser-driven proton acceleration

N Xu, MJV Streeter, OC Ettlinger, H Ahmed… - High Power Laser …, 2023 - cambridge.org
We present the development and characterization of a high-stability, multi-material, multi-
thickness tape-drive target for laser-driven acceleration at repetition rates of up to 100 Hz …

Low divergent MeV-class proton beam with micrometer source size driven by a few-cycle laser pulse

PK Singh, P Varmazyar, B Nagy, JG Son… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Spatial characterization of 0.5 MeV proton beam, driven by 12 fs, 35 mJ, 1019 W/cm2
intense laser-foil interaction is presented. The accelerated proton beam has been applied to …

Detailed characterization of kHz-rate laser-driven fusion at a thin liquid sheet with a neutron detection suite

BM Knight, CM Gautam, CR Stoner… - High Power Laser …, 2024 - cambridge.org
We present detailed characterization of laser-driven fusion and neutron production
(proportional counter and a set of 36 bubble detectors. Time-of-flight analysis of the …

Development of an ultrathin liquid sheet target for laser ion acceleration at high repetition rates in the kilohertz range

M Füle, AP Kovács, T Gilinger, M Karnok… - High Power Laser …, 2024 - cambridge.org
A colliding microjet liquid sheet target system was developed and tested for pairs of round
nozzles of 10, 11 and 18 μm in diameter. The sheet's position stability was found to be better …

On the Role of Ionization Physics in Intense Laser-Plasma Interactions

S DiIorio - 2024 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Ionization is critical in the formation and evolution of plasma dynamics; collisional ionization,
in particular, is an often overlooked source of electrons when dealing with laser-plasma …

Application of liquid film targets in laser-driven radiation sources and laser ion acceleration

P Ziyang, C Zhengxuan, G Ying, C Shiyou, Z Jiarui… - **激光与粒子束, 2022 - hplpb.com.cn
Flowing unsupported liquid thin films are widely used in various fields. Energetic ions and
high brightness secondary radiation covering THz to gamma rays will be generated when …