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Time-Resolved Interferometric Measurements of Plasma Density Evolution in Laser-Driven Capacitor-Coil Targets
Yang Zhang, Ryo Omura, Rinya Akematsu +17
Laser-driven capacitor-coil targets provide a compact platform for generating strong magnetic fields and are widely used in magnetized high-energy-density plasma experiments. In ad…
Enhanced plasma heating via interaction with high-contrast laser and cone-shaped target
Yuga Karaki, Yoshitaka Mori, Eigo Ebisawa +25
We investigated plasma heating enhancement using a high-intensity, high-contrast laser and a cone-attached target. Fast electron spectra and X-ray emission were measured with an el…
Quasi-monoenergetic Deuteron Acceleration via Boosted Coulomb Explosion by Reflected Picosecond Laser Pulse
Tianyun Wei, Zechen Lan, Yasunobu Arikawa +11
Generation of quasi-monoenergetic ions by intense laser is one of long-standing goals in laser-plasma physics. However, existing laser-driven ion acceleration schemes often produce…
Laser-Driven Proton-Only Acceleration in a Multicomponent Near-Critical-Density Plasma
Y. Sakawa, H. Ishihara, S. N. Ryazantsev +26
An experimental investigation of collisionless shock ion acceleration is presented using a multicomponent plasma and a high-intensity picosecond duration laser pulse. Protons are t…
Realizing Laser-driven Deuteron Acceleration with Low Energy Spread via In-situ DO-deposited Target
Tianyun Wei, Yasunobu Arikawa, Seyed Reza Mirfayzi +10
Generation of quasi-monoenergetic ion pulse by laser-driven acceleration is one of the hot topics in laser plasma physics. In this study, we present a new method for the \textit{In…
Development of neutron beamline for laser-driven neutron resonance spectroscopy
Zechen Lan, Yasunobu Arikawa, Alessio Morace +5
Recent progress of laser science provides laser-driven neutron source (LDNS), which has remarkable features such as the short pulse width. One of the key techniques to be developed…
Single-Shot Laser-Driven Neutron Resonance Spectroscopy for Temperature Profiling
Zechen Lan, Yasunobu Arikawa, S. Reza Mirfayzi +12
The temperature measurement of material inside of an object is one of the key technologies for control of dynamical processes. For this purpose, various techniques such as laser-ba…
Enhancement of ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability growth by thermal conduction suppression in a magnetic field
Kazuki Matsuo, Takayoshi Sano, Hideo Nagatomo +5
Ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability growth was investigated to elucidate the fundamental physics of thermal conduction suppression in a magnetic field. Experiments found that unst…
Peta-Pascal Pressure Driven by Fast Isochoric Heating with Multi-Picosecond Intense Laser Pulse
Kazuki Matsuo, Naoki Higashi, Natsumi Iwata +31
Fast isochoric laser heating is a scheme to heat a matter with relativistic-intensity ( 10 W/cm) laser pulse or X-ray free electron laser pulse. The fast isochoric la…
Hard particle spectra of galactic X-ray sources by relativistic magnetic reconnection in laser lab
K. F. F. Law, Y. Abe, A. Morace +18
Magnetic reconnection is a process whereby magnetic field lines in different directions "reconnect" with each other, resulting in the rearrangement of magnetic field topology toget…
Two-Dimensional Computation of Pulsed Magnetic Field Diffusion Dynamics in Gold Cone with Consideration of Inductive Heating and Temperature Dependence of Electrical Conductivity
Hiroki Morita, Atsushi Sunahara, Yasunobu Arikawa +2
Application of an external kilo-tesla-level magnetic field, which can be generated using high-intensity laser, to a target is a promising scheme to reduce spray angle of a laser-dr…
Super-ponderomotive electron acceleration in blowout plasma heated by multi-picosecond relativistic intensity laser pulse
Sadaoki Kojima, Masayasu Hata, Natsumi Iwata +25
The dependence of the mean kinetic energy of laser-accelerated electrons on the laser intensity, so-called ponderomotive scaling, was derived theoretically with consideration of th…
Whispering gallery effect in relativistic optics
Y. Abe, K. -F. -F. Law, Ph. Korneev +17
A relativistic laser pulse, confined in a cylindrical target, performs multiple scattering along the target surface. The confinement property of the target results in a very effcie…
Magnetized Fast Isochoric Laser Heating for Efficient Creation of Ultra-High-Energy-Density States
Shohei Sakata, Seungho Lee, Tomoyuki Johzaki +36
The quest for the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) ignition is a grand challenge, as exemplified by extraordinary large laser facilities. Fast isochoric heating of a pre-compresse…
Laser electron acceleration on curved surfaces
Ph. Korneev, Y. Abe, K. -F. -F. Law +19
Electron acceleration by relativistically intense laser beam propagating along a curved surface allows to split softly the accelerated electron bunch and the laser beam. The presen…
Laser-ion acceleration via anomalous electron heating
A. Yogo, K. Mima, N. Iwata +23
Using a kilojoule class laser, we demonstrate for the first time that high-contrast picosecond pulses are advantageous for ion acceleration. We show that a laser pulse with optimum…
Integrated simulation of magnetic-field-assist fast ignition laser fusion
T. Johzaki, H. Nagatomo, A. Sunahara +13
To enhance the core heating efficiency in fast ignition laser fusion, the concept of relativistic electron beam guiding by external magnetic fields was evaluated by integrated simu…