Continuous high-yield fast neutron generation with few-cycle laser pulses at 10 Hz for applications

L. Stuhl, P. Varmazyar, Z. Elekes +19

We present a laser-based neutron source that produces $1.8\times 10^5$ neutrons/s with a conversion rate of $7.8\times 10^5$ neutrons/J. Laser pulses of 12 fs and 23 mJ were focu…