3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
Enhanced electron injection for efficient proton acceleration and neutron production in femtosecond laser-driven nano-structured targets
Yingzi Dai, Chengyu Qin, Hui Zhang +22
Micro- or nano-structured targets are advantageous in enhancing and manipulating laser-proton acceleration, due to the increased absorption of laser energy and onset of direct lase…
physics.plasm-ph2025
Collimated Hard X-Rays from Hybrid Laser and Plasma Wakefield Accelerators
Hong Zhang, Jianmeng Wei, Mengyuan Chu +21
We report a synergistic enhancement of betatron radiation based on the hybrid laser and plasma wakefield acceleration scheme. Quasi-phase-stable acceleration in an up-ramp plasma d…
physics.plasm-ph2025
Enhanced Proton Acceleration via Petawatt Laguerre-Gaussian Lasers
Wenpeng Wang, Xinyue Sun, Fengyu Sun +13
High-energy, high-flux collimated proton beams with high repetition rates are critical for applications such as proton therapy, proton radiography, high-energy-density matter gener…