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most citedEnhanced laser-driven ion acceleration by superponderomotive electrons generated from near-critical-density plasma

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physics.plasm-ph2019★ 24 cited

Energy gain by laser-accelerated electrons in a strong magnetic field

A. Arefiev, Z. Gong, A. P. L. Robinson

The manuscript deals with electron acceleration by a laser pulse in a plasma with a static uniform magnetic field . The laser pulse propagates perpendicular to the magnetic fi…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 74 cited

Collimated gamma-ray beams from structured laser-irradiated targets -- how to increase the efficiency without increasing the laser intensity

O. Jansen, T. Wang, Z. Gong +5

Using three-dimensional kinetic simulations, we examine the emission of collimated gamma-ray beams from structured laser-irradiated targets with a pre-filled cylindrical channel. T…

physics.acc-ph2019★ 1 cited

Strong energy enhancement in a laser-driven plasma-based accelerator through stochastic friction

Z. Gong, F. Mackenroth, X. Q. Yan +1

Conventionally, friction is understood as an efficient dissipation mechanism depleting a physical system of energy as an unavoidable feature of any realistic device involving movin…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 16 cited

A New Injection and Acceleration Scheme of Positrons in the Laser-Plasma Bubble Regime

Z. Y. Xu, C. F. Xiao, H. Y. Lu +15

A novel approach for positron injection and acceleration in laser driven plasma wakefield is proposed. A theoretical model is developed and confirmed through PIC simulation. One ri…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 17 cited

Impact of ion dynamics on laser-driven electron acceleration and gamma-ray emission in structured targets at ultra-high laser intensities

T. Wang, Z. Gong, K. Chin +1

We examine the impact of the ion dynamics on laser-driven electron acceleration in an initially empty channel irradiated by an ultra-high intensity laser pulse with W…

physics.acc-ph2019★ 12 cited

Radiation rebound and Quantum Splash in Electron-Laser Collision

Z. Gong, R. H. Hu, J. Q. Yu +3

The radiation reaction (RR) is expected to play a critical role in light-matter interactions at extreme intensity. Utilizing the theoretical analyses and three-dimensional (3D) num…