3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
Laser-driven Ion and Neutron Sources from Medium Repetition Ultrashort PW Laser
X. Jiao, C. Jeon, G. Tiwari +9
We report the first experiment investigating ion acceleration and neutron generation irradiating thin plastic targets (CH2) and deuterated plastic targets (CD2) of thickness rangin…
physics.plasm-ph2026
Laser-Wakefield-Driven Photonuclear and Laser-Driven DD Fusion Neutron Sources for Fast Neutron Capture: A Start-to-End Simulation Study
Ou Z. Labun, D. D. Phan, L. Labun +6
Laser-driven neutron sources offer ultrashort pulse durations and extreme peak fluxes inaccessible to conventional facilities, enabling novel time-of-flight(TOF) spectroscopy and n…
physics.plasm-ph2026
Scaling Interferometry to the Multi-Petawatt Regime
Mara L. Klebonas, Hernan J. Quevedo, Calin I. Hojbota +6
Pre-plasma conditions strongly influence laser-plasma interactions in the multi-petawatt (MPW) regime, increasing the need for reliable early-time plasma evolution diagnostics. Amo…