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Laser initiated p-11B fusion reactions in petawatt high-repetition-rates laser facilities
M. Scisciò, G. Petringa, Z. Zhu +43
Driving the nuclear fusion reaction p+11B -> 3 alpha + 8.7 MeV in laboratory conditions, by interaction between high-power laser pulses and matter, has become a popular field of re…
Spatial characterization of debris ejection from the interaction of a tightly focused PW-laser pulse with metal targets
I. -M. Vladisavlevici, C. Vlachos, J. -L. Dubois +22
We present a novel scheme for rapid quantitative analysis of debris generated during experiments with solid targets following relativistic laser-plasma interaction at high-power la…
Laser Interactions with Gas Jets: EMP Emission and Nozzle Damage
Philip Wykeham Bradford, Valeria Ospina-Bohorquez, Michael Ehret +18
Understanding the physics of electromagnetic pulse emission and nozzle damage is critical for the long-term operation of laser experiments with gas targets, particularly at facilit…
Currents from relativistic laser-plasma interaction as novel metrology for system stability of high-repetition-rate laser secondary sources
Michael Ehret, Jose Luis Henares, Iuliana-Mariana Vladisavlevici +8
This work shows for the first time experimentally the close relation between return currents from relativistic laser-driven target polarization and the quality of the relativistic…
Radioisotopes production using lasers: from basic science to applications
M. R. D. Rodrigues, A. Bonasera, M. Scisciò +37
Laser technologies improved after the understanding of the Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) which allows energetic laser beams to be compressed to tens of femtosecond (fs) pulse d…
High-repetition-rate source of nanosecond duration kA-current pulses driven by relativistic laser pulses
Michael Ehret, Jakub Cikhardt, Philip Bradford +10
We report the first high-repetition rate generation and simultaneous characterization of nanosecond-scale return currents of kA-magnitude issued by the polarization of a target irr…
Laser-driven ion and electron acceleration from near-critical density gas targets: towards high-repetition rate operation in the 1 PW, sub-100 fs laser interaction regime
V. Ospina-Bohórquez, C. Salgado-López, M. Ehret +34
Ion acceleration from gaseous targets driven by relativistic-intensity lasers was demonstrated as early as the late 90s, yet most of the experiments conducted to date have involved…
Optical generation of quasi-stationary plasma electromagnetic structures for particle collimation with PetaWatt picosecond laser
Ph. Korneev, N. D. Bukharskii, I. V. Kochetkov +7
Optical generation of energetic particle bunches requires high-power laser facilities operating in picosecond or femtosecond temporal domain. It is therefore preferable to use shor…
High-repetition-rate solid tape target delivery system for ultra-intense laser-matter interaction at CLPU
Michael Ehret, Diego de Luis, Jon Imanol Apiñaniz +6
The VEGA-3 laser system at the Centro de Láseres Pulsados (CLPU) delivers laser pulses up to 1PW at 1Hz repetition rate, focused to intensities up to 2.5e20W/cm2. A versatile and c…
Guided Electromagnetic Discharge Pulses Driven by Short Intense Laser Pulses: Characterisation and Modelling
M. Ehret, M. Bailly-Grandvaux, Ph. Korneev +13
Strong electromagnetic pulses (EMP) are generated from intense laser interactions with solid-density targets, and can be guided by the target geometry, specifically through conduct…
Ablation Holes in Tape Targets Induced by Ultra-Intense Laser Pulses
Michael Ehret, Jon Imanol Apiñaniz, Jose Luis Henares +5
We present a theoretical modelling able to predict the dimensions of mm-sized through-holes produced in interactions of the 1 PW high-power 30fs Ti:Sa laser VEGA-3 with tape target…
Mode Control of Electro-Magnetic Pulses in the VHF Band
M. Ehret, L. Volpe, J. I. Apiñaniz +2
We present experimental results for the controlled mitigation of electromagnetic pulses (EMP) produced in interactions of the 1PW high-power 30fs Ti:Sa laser VEGA-3 with matter. Th…
A cylindrical implosion platform for the study of highly magnetized plasmas at LMJ
G. Pérez-Callejo, C. Vlachos, C. A. Walsh +27
Investigating the potential benefits of the use of magnetic fields in Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) experiments has given rise to new experimental platforms like the Magnetized…
Ion acceleration by an ultrashort laser pulse interacting with a near-critical-density gas jet
M. Ehret, C. Salgado-Lopez, V. Ospina-Bohorquez +28
We demonstrate laser-driven Helium ion acceleration with cut-off energies above 25 MeV and peaked ion number above /MeV for 22(2) MeV projectiles from near-critical density…
Kilotesla plasmoid formation by a trapped relativistic laser beam
M. Ehret, Yu. Kochetkov, Y. Abe +11
A strong quasi-stationary magnetic field is generated in hollow targets with curved internal surface under the action of a relativistically intense picosecond laser pulse. Experime…
Enhanced relativistic-electron beam collimation using two consecutive laser pulses
S. Malko, X. Vaisseau, F. Perez +8
The double laser pulse approach to relativistic electron beam (REB) collimation has been investigated at the LULI-ELFIE facility. In this scheme, the magnetic field generated by th…
Hard particle spectra of galactic X-ray sources by relativistic magnetic reconnection in laser lab
K. F. F. Law, Y. Abe, A. Morace +18
Magnetic reconnection is a process whereby magnetic field lines in different directions "reconnect" with each other, resulting in the rearrangement of magnetic field topology toget…
Laser-driven strong magnetostatic fields with applications to charged beam transport and magnetized high energy-density physics
J. J. Santos, M. Bailly-Grandvaux, M. Ehret +28
Powerful laser-plasma processes are explored to generate discharge currents of a few kA in coil targets, yielding magnetostatic fields (B-fields) in excess of kT. The…
Guiding of relativistic electron beams in dense matter by longitudinally imposed strong magnetic fields
M. Bailly-Grandvaux, J. J. Santos, C. Bellei +27
High-energy-density flows through dense matter are needed for effective progress in the production of laser-driven intense sources of energetic particles and radiation, in driving…