4 papers
Electron penetration heating in turbulent magnetic loops driven by nonrelativistic laser-plasma interaction
Zheng Gong, Sida Cao, Caleb Redshaw +1
Using particle-in-cell simulations to study nonrelativistic laser pulse propagation in a under-critical plasma, we identify a novel mechanism that occurs during the growth of turbu…
Intense tunable terahertz radiation from phase-matched difference frequency generation in strongly magnetized plasmas
Sida Cao, Matthew R. Edwards
High-energy terahertz pulses are challenging to produce due to the low conversion efficiency and limited optical damage threshold of nonlinear crystals. Here, we describe the high-…
Radiation reaction effects on particle dynamics in intense counterpropagating laser pulses
Caleb Redshaw, Matthew R. Edwards
In high-intensity laser-plasma interactions, particles can lose a substantial fraction of their energy by emitting radiation. Using particle-in-cell simulations, we study the impac…
Laser wakefield acceleration of ions with a transverse flying focus
Zheng Gong, Sida Cao, John P. Palastro +1
The extreme electric fields created in high-intensity laser-plasma interactions could generate energetic ions far more compactly than traditional accelerators. Despite this promise…