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Publications (7)

physics.plasm-ph2023

Vibration and jitter of free-flowing thin liquid sheets as target for high-repetition-rate laser-ion acceleration

Zhengxuan Cao, Ziyang Peng, Yinren Shou +18

Very thin free-flowing liquid sheets are promising targets for high-repetition-rate laser-ion acceleration. In this work, we report the generation of micrometer-thin free-flowing l…

physics.app-ph2021

Rapid interrogation of special nuclear materials by combining scattering and transmission nuclear resonance fluorescence spectroscopy

Haoyang Lan, Tan Song, Jialin Zhang +2

The smuggling of special nuclear materials (SNMs) across national borders is becoming a serious threat to nuclear nonproliferation. This paper presents a feasibility study on the r…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Impact of Residual Angular Chirp in a Petawatt-class Laser System on Laser-driven Proton Acceleration

Qingfan Wu, Minjian Wu, Jiarui Zhao +25

The paper shows that a small residual angular chirp caused by misaligned grating compressors in a petawatt laser degrades the focal spot and reduces proton energies, and that remov…

#laser-driven proton acceleration#angular chirp#petawatt laser#focal spot quality
physics.plasm-ph2022

Synchronous post-acceleration of laser-driven protons in helical coil targets by controlling the current dispersion

Zhipeng Liu, Zhusong Mei, Defeng Kong +15

Post-acceleration of protons in helical coil targets driven by intense, ultrashort laser pulses can enhance the ion energy by utilizing the transient current originating from the s…

physics.optics2026

HotLoop Optimization of Petawatt Laser Focal Spot via a Twin-Focus Scheme

Qingfan Wu, Ying Gao, Minjian Wu +25

Achieving diffraction-limited focusing of high-power laser pulses to generate ultra-high intensities is crucial for developing compact laser-driven particle accelerators and explor…

physics.acc-ph2026

A Spatial-Resolved Proton Energy Spectrometer Based on a Scintillation-Fiber Cube

Tan Song, Ying Gao, Di Wang +18

Advanced particle acceleration methods have produced high-peak-current ion beams with broad energy spread and complex spatial distribution. There is an urgent need to develop onlin…