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most citedThe Influence of Laser Focusing Conditions on the Direct Laser Acceleration of Electrons

14 citations · 19 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.plasm-ph2026

CMA-Unfold A Covariance Matrix Adaptation unfolding algorithm for stacked calorimeter detectors

G. Fauvel, A. Arefiev, M. Manuel +3

Stacking calorimeters also refered as bremsstrahlung cannons widely used in inertial confinement fusion and ultra-intense laser plasma experiments have become essential diagnostics…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Phase-controlled direct laser acceleration enabled by longitudinal variation of the laser-driven quasi-static plasma magnetic field

R. Bhakta, I-L. Yeh, K. Tangtartharakul +2

Direct laser acceleration (DLA) enables energy transfer from an ultra-high-intensity laser to plasma electrons and underpins many laser-driven particle and radiation-source concept…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Enhanced energy gain through higher-order resonances during direct laser acceleration with superluminal phase velocity

I-Lin Yeh, Kavin Tangtartharakul, Rohan Bhakta +3

Ultra-high intensity laser-plasma interactions can produce ultra-relativistic electrons via direct laser acceleration, assisted by quasi-static plasma magnetic and electric fields.…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Collimated -ray emission enabled by efficient direct laser acceleration

Kavin Tangtartharakul, Gaetan Fauvel, Talia Meir +5

We investigate the mechanisms responsible for single-lobed versus double-lobed angular distributions of emitted -rays in laser-irradiated plasmas, focusing on how direct laser a…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Efficient backward x-ray emission in a finite-length plasma irradiated by a laser pulse of ps duration

I-Lin Yeh, Kavin Tangtartharakul, Hongmei Tang +2

Motivated by experiments employing ps-long, kilojoule laser pulses, we examined x-ray emission in a finite-length underdense plasma irradiated by such a pulse using two dimensional…

physics.plasm-ph2024★ 14 cited

The Influence of Laser Focusing Conditions on the Direct Laser Acceleration of Electrons

H. Tang, K. Tangtartharakul, R. Babjak +12

Direct Laser Acceleration (DLA) of electrons during a high-energy, picosecond laser interaction with an underdense plasma has been demonstrated to be substantially enhanced by cont…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Electron energy gain due to a laser frequency modulation experienced by electron during betatron motion

Alexey Arefiev, I-Lin Yeh, Louise Willingale

Direct laser acceleration of electrons is an important energy deposition mechanism for laser-irradiated plasmas that is particularly effective at relativistic laser intensities in…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Compact in-vacuum gamma-ray spectrometer for high-repetition rate PW-class laser-matter interaction

G. Fauvel, K. Tangtartharakul, A. Arefiev +10

With the advent of high repetition rate laser facilities, novel diagnostic tools compatible with these advanced specifications are required. This paper presents the design of an ac…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Positron generation and acceleration in a self-organized photon collider enabled by an ultra-intense laser pulse

K. Sugimoto, Y. He, N. Iwata +4

We discovered a simple regime where a near-critical plasma irradiated by a laser of experimentally available intensity can self-organize to produce positrons and accelerate them to…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 5 cited

Extreme Nonlinear Dynamics in Vacuum Laser Acceleration with a Crossed Beam Configuration

Alexander P. L. Robinson, Kavin Tangtartharakul, Kathleen Weichman +1

A relatively simple model problem where a single electron moves in two relativistically-strong obliquely intersecting plane wave-packets is studied using a number of different nume…