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20152026
most citedRelativistic electron streaming instabilities modulate proton beams accelerated in laser-plasma interactions

91 citations · 143 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

physics.plasm-ph2026

XFEL Imaging Techniques for High Energy Density and Inertial Fusion Energy Research at HED-HiBEF

Alejandro Laso Garcia, Mikhail Mishchenko, Victorien Bouffetier +53

The imaging platform developed at the High Energy Density - Helmholtz International Beamline for Extreme Fields (HED-HiBEF) instrument at the European XFEL and its applications to…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Reduction of SAXS Signal due to Doppler Broadening Induced Loss of Coherence

Thomas Kluge, Uwe Hernandez Acosta, Klaus Steiniger +2

We present an analytical and numerical study of how Doppler-induced spectral broadening in laser-heated plasmas degrades the coherence of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) signal…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Microscopy X-ray Imaging enriched with Small Angle X-ray Scattering for few nanometer resolution reveals shock waves and compression in intense short pulse laser irradiation of solids

Thomas Kluge, Arthur Hirsch-Passicos, Jannis Schulz +23

Understanding how laser pulses compress solids into high-energy-density states requires diagnostics that simultaneously resolve macroscopic geometry and nanometer-scale structure.…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Probing ultrafast heating and ionization dynamics in solid density plasmas with time-resolved resonant X-ray absorption and emission

Lingen Huang, Mikhail Mishchenko, Michal Šmíd +34

Heating and ionization are among the most fundamental processes in relativistic laser--solid interactions; however, their spatiotemporal evolution remains challenging to capture ex…

physics.plasm-ph2025★ 3 cited

Demonstration of full-scale spatio-temporal diagnostics of solid-density plasmas driven by an ultra-short relativistic laser pulse using an X-ray free-electron laser

Lingen Huang, Michal Šmíd, Long Yang +42

Understanding the complex plasma dynamics in ultra-intense relativistic laser-solid interactions is of fundamental importance to the applications of laser plasma-based particle acc…

physics.plasm-ph2024

(Sub-)picosecond surface correlations of femtosecond laser excited Al-coated multilayers observed by grazing-incidence x-ray scattering

Lisa Randolph, Mohammadreza Banjafar, Toshinori Yabuuchi +22

Femtosecond high-intensity laser pulses at intensities surpassing can generate a diverse range of functional surface nanostructures. Achieving prec…

physics.plasm-ph2024

The importance of temperature-dependent collision frequency in PIC simulation on nanometric density evolution of highly-collisional strongly-coupled dense plasmas

Mohammadreza Banjafar, Lisa Randolph, Lingen Huang +17

Particle-in-Cell (PIC) method is a powerful plasma simulation tool for investigating high-intensity femtosecond laser-matter interaction. However, its simulation capability at high…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Cylindrical compression of thin wires by irradiation with a Joule-class short pulse laser

Alejandro Laso Garcia, Long Yang, Victorien Bouffetier +14

Equation of state measurements at Jovian or stellar conditions are currently conducted by dynamic shock compression driven by multi-kilojoule multi-beam nanosecond-duration lasers.…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Dynamic convergent shock compression initiated by return current in high-intensity laser solid interactions

Long Yang, Martin Rehwald, Thomas Kluge +6

We investigate the dynamics of convergent shock compression in the solid wire targets irradiated by an ultra-fast relativistic laser pulse. Our Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulations a…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 31 cited

On-Shot Characterization of Single Plasma Mirror Temporal Contrast Improvement

Lieselotte Obst, Josefine Metzkes-Ng, Stefan Bock +12

We report on the setup and commissioning of a compact recollimating single plasma mirror for temporal contrast enhancement at the Draco 150 TW laser during laser-proton acceleratio…

physics.plasm-ph2017★ 91 cited

Relativistic electron streaming instabilities modulate proton beams accelerated in laser-plasma interactions

S. Göde, C. Rödel, K. Zeil +16

We report experimental evidence that multi-MeV protons accelerated in relativistic laser-plasma interactions are modulated by strong filamentary electromagnetic fields. Modulations…

physics.plasm-ph2015★ 18 cited

Nanoscale femtosecond imaging of transient hot solid density plasmas with elemental and charge state sensitivity using resonant coherent diffraction

Thomas Kluge, M. Bussmann, H. -K. Chung +5

Here we propose to exploit the low energy bandwidth, small wavelength and penetration power of ultrashort pulses from XFELs for resonant Small Angle Scattering (SAXS) on plasma str…