6 papers
Collider-quality electron bunches from an all-optical plasma photoinjector
Arohi Jain, Jiayang Yan, Jacob R. Pierce +11
We present a novel approach for generating collider-quality electron bunches using a plasma photoinjector. The approach leverages recently developed techniques for the spatiotempor…
Progress in relativistic laser-plasma interaction with kilotesla-level applied magnetic fields
K. Weichman, A. P. L. Robinson, M. Murakami +5
We report on progress in the understanding of the effects of kilotesla-level applied magnetic fields on relativistic laser-plasma interactions. Ongoing advances in magnetic-field-g…
Enhanced quantum radiation with flying-focus laser pulses
Martin S. Formanek, John P. Palastro, Dillon Ramsey +1
The emission of a photon by an electron in an intense laser field is one of the most fundamental processes in electrodynamics and underlies the many applications that utilize high-…
X-ray free-electron lasing in a flying-focus undulator
D. Ramsey, B. Malaca, T. T. Simpson +5
Laser-driven free-electron lasers (LDFELs) replace magnetostatic undulators with the electromagnetic fields of a laser pulse. Because the undulator period is half the wavelength of…
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…
Photon acceleration of high-intensity vector vortex beams into the extreme ultraviolet
Kyle G. Miller, Jacob R. Pierce, Fei Li +4
Extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light sources allow for the probing of bound electron dynamics on attosecond scales, interrogation of high-energy-density matter, and access to novel regi…