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Laser harmonic generation with tuneable orbital angular momentum using a structured plasma target
R. M. G. M. Trines, H. Schmitz, M. King +2
In previous studies of spin-to-orbital angular momentum (AM) conversion in laser high harmonic generation (HHG) using a plasma target, one unit of spin AM is always converted into…
Bunched proton acceleration from a laser-irradiated cone target
Xing-Long Zhu, Wei-Yuan Liu, Min Chen +4
Laser-driven ion acceleration is an attractive technique for compact high-energy ion sources. Currently, among various physical and technical issues to be solved, the boost of ion…
Calibration of BAS-TR image plate response to GeV gold ions
D. Doria, P. Martin, H. Ahmed +17
The response of the BAS-TR image plate (IP) was absolutely calibrated using CR-39 track detector for high linear energy transfer (LET) Au ions up to 1.6 GeV (8.2 MeV/nucleon)…
Laser Driven Nuclear physics at ELINP
F. Negoita, M. Roth, P. G. Thirolf +53
High power lasers have proven being capable to produce high energy gamma rays, charged particles and neutrons to induce all kinds of nuclear reactions. At ELI, the studies with hig…
Absolute keV X-ray yield and conversion efficiency in over dense Si petawatt laser plasma
Sergey N. Ryazantsev, Artem S. Martynenko, Maksim V. Sedov +15
Laser-produced plasmas are bright, short sources of X-rays often used for time-resolved imaging and spectroscopy. Absolute measurement requires accurate knowledge of laser-to-x-ray…
Spectrally peaked proton beams shock accelerated from an optically shaped overdense gas jet by a near-infrared laser
George S. Hicks, Oliver C. Ettlinger, Marco Borghesi +10
We report on the generation of impurity-free proton beams from an overdense gas jet driven by a near-infrared laser ( ). The gas profile was shaped prior to…
Bremsstrahlung emission and plasma characterization driven by moderately relativistic laser-plasma interactions
Sushil Singh, Chris D. Armstrong, Ning Kang +22
Relativistic electrons generated by the interaction of petawatt-class short laser pulses with solid targets can be used to generate bright X-rays via bremsstrahlung. The efficiency…
The Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications
G. Aymar, T. Becker, S. Boogert +37
The `Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications', LhARA, is conceived as a novel, uniquely-flexible facility dedicated to the study of radiobiology. The technologies…
Growth, saturation and collapse of laser-driven plasma density gratings
H. H. Ma, S. M. Weng, P. Li +6
The plasma density grating induced by intersecting intense laser pulses can be utilized as an optical compressors, polarizers, waveplates and photonic crystals for the manipulation…
Simultaneous polarization transformation and amplification of multi-petawatt laser pulses in magnetized plasmas
Xiaolong Zheng, Suming Weng, Zhe Zhang +4
With increasing laser peak power, the generation and manipulation of high-power laser pulses becomes a growing challenge for conventional solid-state optics due to their limited da…
THz pulses over 50 millijoules generated from relativistic picosecond laser-plasma interactions
Guoqian Liao, Hao Liu, Yutong Li +15
Ultrahigh-power terahertz (THz) radiation sources are essential for many applications, such as nonlinear THz physics, THz-wave based compact accelerators, etc. However, until now n…
Stable attosecond electron bunches from a nanofiber driven by Laguerre-Gaussian lasers
Li-Xiang Hu, Tong-Pu Yu, Zheng-Ming Sheng +5
Generation of attosecond bunches of energetic electrons offers significant potential from ultrafast physics to novel radiation sources. However, it is still a great challenge to st…
Signatures of quantum effects on radiation reaction in laser -- electron-beam collisions
C. P. Ridgers, T. G. Blackburn, D. Del Sorbo +7
Two signatures of quantum effects on radiation reaction in the collision of a ~GeV electron-beam with a high-intensity (>3x10^20W/cm^2) laser-pulse have been considered. We show th…
Experimental evidence of radiation reaction in the collision of a high-intensity laser pulse with a laser-wakefield accelerated electron beam
J. M. Cole, K. T. Behm, T. G. Blackburn +21
The dynamics of energetic particles in strong electromagnetic fields can be heavily influenced by the energy loss arising from the emission of radiation during acceleration, known…
Efficient ion acceleration and dense electron-positron plasma creation in ultra-high intensity laser-solid interactions
D. Del Sorbo, D. R. Blackman, R. Capdessus +9
The radiation pressure of next generation ultra-high intensity ( W/cm) lasers could efficiently accelerate ions to GeV energies. However, nonlinear quantum-electrod…
Soft X-ray harmonic comb from relativistic electron spikes
A. S. Pirozhkov, M. Kando, T. Zh. Esirkepov +37
We demonstrate a new high-order harmonic generation mechanism reaching the `water window' spectral region in experiments with multi-terawatt femtosecond lasers irradiating gas jets…
X-ray harmonic comb from relativistic electron spikes
Alexander S. Pirozhkov, Masaki Kando, Timur Zh. Esirkepov +24
X-ray devices are far superior to optical ones for providing nanometre spatial and attosecond temporal resolutions. Such resolution is indispensable in biology, medicine, physics,…