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Numerical validation of a volume heated mixed fuel concept
Hartmut Ruhl, Georg Korn
While the underlying physics of the ICF approach to nuclear fusion is well understood and a technological implementation of the indirect drive variant of the ICF paradigm has recen…
Ultrarelativistic electron beams accelerated by terawatt scalable kHz laser
C. M. Lazzarini, G. M. Grittani, P. Valenta +14
We show the laser-driven acceleration of unprecedented, collimated ( divergence), and quasi-monoenergetic ( energy spread) electron beams with energ…
Uniform volume heating of mixed fuels within the ICF paradigm
Hartmut Ruhl, Georg Korn
The paper investigates the feasibility of achieving uniform high-power volume heating for a fusion reactor concept employing a mixed fuel composition involving . The r…
High current ionic flows via ultra-fast lasers for fusion applications
Hartmut Ruhl, Georg Korn
In the present paper we introduce a new accelerator concept for ions. The accelerator is nano-structured and can consist of a range of materials. It is capable of generating large…
A laser-driven mixed fuel nuclear fusion micro-reactor concept
Hartmut Ruhl, Georg Korn
We propose a laser-driven near-solid density nano-structured micro-reactor concept operating with mixed nuclear fusion fuels. The micro-reactor is capable of making use of a range…
Design of the ELIMAIA ion collection system
F. Schillaci, G. A. P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone +17
A system of permanent magnet quadrupoles (PMQs) is going to be realized by INFNLNS to be used as a collection system for the injection of laser driven ion beams up to 60 AMeV in an…
Relativistic-flying laser focus by a laser-produced parabolic plasma mirror
Tae Moon Jeong, Sergei V. Bulanov, Petr Valenta +6
The question of electromagnetic field intensification towards the values typical for strong field Quantum Electrodynamics is of fundamental importance. One of the most promising in…
Gamma-Ray Flash Generation in Irradiating Thin Foil Target by Single Cycle Tightly Focused Extreme Power Laser Pulse
Prokopis Hadjisolomou, Tae Moon Jeong, Petr Valenta +2
We present a regime where an ultra-intense laser pulse interacting with a foil target results in high -photon conversion efficiency, obtained via three-dimensional quantum-elect…
Radial Density Profile and Stability of Capillary Discharge Plasma Waveguides of Lengths up to 40 Centimeters
M. Turner, A. J. Gonsalves, S. S. Bulvanov +10
We measured the parameter reproducibility and radial electron density profile of capillary discharge waveguides with diameters of 650 um to 2 mm and lengths of 9 to 40 cm. To our k…
Reaching the high laser intensity by a radiating electron
M. Jirka, P. Sasorov, S. S. Bulanov +3
Interaction of an electron with the counter-propagating electromagnetic wave is studied theoretically and with the particle-in-cell simulations in the regime of quantum radiation r…
Towards Laser Ion Acceleration With Holed Targets
P. Hadjisolomou, S. V. Bulanov, G. Korn
Although the interaction of a flat-foil with currently available laser intensities is now considered a routine process, during the last decade emphasis is given to targets with com…
Recoil Effects on Reflection from Relativistic Mirrors in Laser Plasmas
P. Valenta, T. Zh. Esirkepov, J. K. Koga +10
Relativistic mirrors can be realized with strongly nonlinear Langmuir waves excited by intense laser pulses in underdense plasma. On reflection from the relativistic mirror the inc…
Electromagnetic Solitons in Quantum Vacuum
S. V. Bulanov, P. V. Sasorov, F. Pegoraro +5
In the limit of extremely intense electromagnetic fields the Maxwell equations are modified due to the photon-photon scattering that makes the vacuum refraction index depend on the…
Laser-driven generation of collimated quasi-monoenergetic proton beam using double-layer target with modulated interface
M. Matys, K. Nishihara, M. Kecova +3
Usage of double-layer targets consisting of heavy and light material with modulated interface between them provides a way for laser-driven generation of collimated ion beams. With…
Multiple-colliding laser pulses as a basis for studying high-field high-energy physics
J. Magnusson, A. Gonoskov, M. Marklund +10
Apart from maximizing the strength of optical electromagnetic fields achievable at high-intensity laser facilities, the collision of several phase-matched laser pulses has been the…
Wakefield Excited by Ultrashort Laser Pulses in Near-Critical Density Plasmas
Petr Valenta, Ondrej Klimo, Gabriele M. Grittani +3
Laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) using high repetition rate mJ-class laser systems brings unique opportunities for a broad range of applications. In order to meet the conditions…
Synergic Cherenkov-Compton Radiation
Sergei V. Bulanov, Pavel V. Sasorov, Stepan S. Bulanov +1
In vacuum with an induced by strong electromagnetic wave refraction index larger than unity, an ultra-relativistic electron emits Cherenkov radiation. During the interaction with t…
Boosted High Order Harmonics from Electron Density Singularity Formed at the Relativistic Laser Bow Wave
Jie Mu, Timur Zh. Esirkepov, Yanjun Gu +7
We demonstrate coherent hard electromagnetic radiation generation from reflection by the electron density singularity formed at the relativistic bow wave in laser plasma via partic…
Electromagnetic Burst Generation during Annihilation of Magnetic Field in Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interaction
Y. J. Gu, F. Pegoraro, P. V. Sasorov +4
We present the results of 3-dimensional kinetic simulations and theoretical studies on the formation and evolution of the current sheet in a collisionless plasma during magnetic fi…
Feasibility of optical probing of relativistic plasma singularities
Timur Zh. Esirkepov, Jie Mu, Yanjun Gu +9
Singularities in multi-stream flows of relativistic plasmas can efficiently produce coherent high-frequency radiation, as exemplified in the concepts of Relativistic Flying Mirror…
Properties of Finite Amplitude Electromagnetic Waves propagating in the Quantum Vacuum
Hedvika Kadlecová, Sergei V. Bulanov, Georg Korn
We study two counter-propagating electromagnetic waves in the vacuum within the framework of the Heisenberg-Euler formalism in quantum electrodynamics. We show that the non-linear…
Imprint of the stochastic nature of photon emission by electrons on the proton energy spectra in the laser-plasma interaction
Feng Wan, Kun Xue, Zhen-Ke Dou +8
The impact of stochasticity effects (SEs) in photon emissions on the proton energy spectra during laser-plasma interaction is theoretically investigated in the quantum radiation-do…
Laser-particle collider for multi-GeV photon production
J. Magnusson, A. Gonoskov, M. Marklund +7
As an alternative to Compton backscattering and bremsstrahlung, the process of colliding high-energy electron beams with strong laser fields can more efficiently provide both clean…
Electromagnetic Shocks in Quantum Vacuum
H. Kadlecová, G. Korn, S. V. Bulanov
The interaction of two counter-propagating electromagnetic waves in a vacuum is analyzed within the framework of the Heisenberg-Euler formalism in quantum electrodynamics. The nonl…