Diagnosing the impact of relativistically intense prepulse on few-picosecond timeframes for short scale length laser-matter interactions

H. M. Huddleston, M. Yeung, C. R. J. Fitzpatrick +8

With the rapid proliferation of multi-petawatt (MPW) lasers globally, a new era of high-energy density science promises to emerge within the next decade. However, precise control o…