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Electron Rephasing in a Truncated Tunable Plasma Channel
Arujash Mohanty, Santhosh Krishnamurthy, Yinren Shou +6
We report the acceleration of stable electron beams with energies up to 1.5 GeV using a 50 TW laser pulse guided in a preformed plasma channel generated by an axiparabola-focused h…
Magnetic island structures in relativistic laser-driven plasma channels
Dongchi Cai, Zheng Gong, Guanqi Qiu +3
We develop a theoretical model for self-generated magnetic islands in relativistic laser-driven channels in near-critical-density plasmas. The islands arise from the nonlinear supe…
Plasma wakefield dynamics of self-generated electron bunch trains
Salome Benracassa, Sheroy Tata, Yinren shou +2
Laser plasma accelerators can deliver high-energy, quasi-monoenergetic electron beams over centimeter-scale distances. In this work, we report on the generation of narrow, quasi-mo…
Optimization of laser-driven proton acceleration in a near-critical-density plasma
Guanqi Qiu, Qianyi Ma, Deji Liu +5
Optimizing laser and plasma parameters is crucial for enhancing accelerated proton energy in laser-driven proton acceleration with finite laser energy for applications such as canc…
Electron acceleration and X-ray generation from near-critical-density carbon nanotube foams driven by moderately relativistic lasers
Zhuo Pan, Jianbo Liu, Pengjie Wang +21
Direct laser acceleration of electrons in near-critical-density (NCD) carbon nanotube foams (CNFs) has its advantages in the high-efficiency generation of relativistic electrons an…
Extremely powerful and frequency-tunable terahertz pulses from a table-top laser-plasma wiggler
Jie Cai, Yinren Shou, Yixing Geng +6
The production of broadband, terawatt terahertz (THz) pulses has been demonstrated by irradiating relativistic lasers on solid targets. However, the generation of extremely powerfu…
Towards the demonstration of photon-photon collision with compact lasers
L. Q. Han, J. Cai, Y. R. Shou +3
We report a proposal to observe the two-photon Breit-Wheeler process in plasma driven by compact lasers. A high charge electron bunch can be generated from laser plasma wakefield a…
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…
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…
Alpha-particle generation from H-11B fusion initiated by laser-accelerated boron ions
Defeng Kong, Shirui Xu, Yinren Shou +21
Here we report the generation of MeV alpha-particles from H-11B fusion initiated by laser-accelerated boron ions. Boron ions with maximum energy of 6MeV and fluence of 10^9/MeV/sr@…
High-energy-density plasma in femtosecond-laser-irradiated nanowire array targets for nuclear reactions
Defeng Kong, Guoqiang Zhang, Yinren Shou +21
In this work, the high-energy-density plasmas (HEDP) evolved from joule-class-femtosecond-laser-irradiated nanowire array (NWA) targets are numerically and experimentally studied.…
Production of multi-oriented polarization for relativistic electron beams via a mutable filter for nonlinear Compton scattering
Yuhui Tang, Qianyi Ma, Jinqing Yu +3
We propose a feasible scenario to directly polarize a relativistic electron beam and obtain overall polarization in various directions through a filter mechanism for single-shot co…
Radiative polarization dynamics of relativistic electrons in an intense electromagnetic field
Yuhui Tang, Zheng Gong, Jinqing Yu +2
We propose a self-consistent model which utilizes the polarization vector to theoretically describe the evolution of spin polarization of relativistic electrons in an intense elect…
High-efficiency water-window x-ray generation from nanowire array targets irradiated with femtosecond laser pulses
Yinren Shou, Defeng Kong, Pengjie Wang +14
We demonstrate the high-efficiency generation of water-window soft x-ray emissions from polyethylene nanowire array targets irradiated by femtosecond laser pulses at the intensity…
Laser-induced damage thresholds of ultrathin targets and their constrain on laser contrast in laser-driven ion acceleration experiments
Dahui Wang, Yinren Shou, Pengjie Wang +10
Single-shot laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) measurements of multi-type free-standing ultrathin foils were performed in vacuum environment for 800 nm laser pulses with duratio…
Energetic spin-polarized proton beams from two-stage coherent acceleration in laser-driven plasma
Zheng Gong, Yinren Shou, Yuhui Tang +1
We propose a scheme to overcome the great challenge of polarization loss in spin-polarized ion acceleration. When a petawatt laser pulse penetrates through a compound plasma target…
Cascaded Generation of a Sub-10-Attosecond Half-Cycle Pulse
Yinren Shou, Ronghao Hu, Zheng Gong +5
Sub-10-attosecond pulses with half-cycle electric fields provide exceptional options to detect and manipulate electrons in the atomic timescale. However, the availability of such p…
Simultaneous measurements on the electron and X-ray spectra from laser-irradiated near-critical-density double-layer targets at relativistic intensity
Jianbo Liu, Pengjie Wang, Yinren Shou +12
We report the experimental results of simultaneous measurements on the electron and X-ray spectra from near-critical-density (NCD) double-layer targets irradiated by relativistic f…
Measurements of D-D fusion neutrons generated in nanowire array laser plasma using Timepix3 detector
Peter Rubovic, Aldo Bonasera, Petr Burian +24
We present the results of neutron detection in a laser plasma experiment with a CD nanowire target. A hybrid semiconductor pixel detector Timepix3 covered with neutron converte…
Super-Heavy Ions Acceleration Driven by Ultrashort Laser Pulses at Ultrahigh Intensity
Pengjie Wang, Zheng Gong, Seong Geun Lee +17
The acceleration of super-heavy ions (SHIs) from plasmas driven by ultrashort (tens of femtoseconds) laser pulses is a challenging topic waiting for breakthrough. The detecting and…
Deflection of a reflected intense circularly polarized light beam induced by asymmetric radiation pressure
Y. H. Tang, Z. Gong, J. Q. Yu +2
A novel deflection effect of an intense laser beam with spin angular momentum is revealed theoretically by an analytical modeling using radiation pressure and momentum balance of l…
A New Injection and Acceleration Scheme of Positrons in the Laser-Plasma Bubble Regime
Z. Y. Xu, C. F. Xiao, H. Y. Lu +15
A novel approach for positron injection and acceleration in laser driven plasma wakefield is proposed. A theoretical model is developed and confirmed through PIC simulation. One ri…
Radiation rebound and Quantum Splash in Electron-Laser Collision
Z. Gong, R. H. Hu, J. Q. Yu +3
The radiation reaction (RR) is expected to play a critical role in light-matter interactions at extreme intensity. Utilizing the theoretical analyses and three-dimensional (3D) num…
Positioning of Transparent Targets Using Defocusing Method in a Laser Proton Accelerator
Yinren Shou, Dahui Wang, Pengjie Wang +11
We report a positioning method for transparent targets with an accuracy of \SI{2}{μm} for a compact laser proton accelerator. The positioning system consists of two light-emitting…