Ion source perturbation and control in intense laser plasma interaction

Intense and Broadband THz Source using Laser-Induced Gas Plasma

Plasma-formation dynamics in intense laser-droplet interaction.

We study the ionization dynamics in intense laser-droplet interaction using three-dimensional, relativistic particle-in-cell simulations. Of particular interest is the laser intensity and frequency regime for which initially transparent, wavelength-sized targets are not homogeneously ionized. Instead, the charge distribution changes both in space and in time on a subcycle scale. One may call th...

Ion acceleration by superintense laser-plasma interaction

Ion acceleration driven by superintense laser pulses is attracting an impressive and steadily increasing effort. Motivations can be found in the applicative potential and in the perspective to investigate novel regimesasavailable laser intensitieswill be increasing.Experimentshavedemonstrated, over awide range of laser and target parameters, the generation of multi-MeV proton and ion beams with...

Remote Intense Laser Acoustic Source

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With Intense Ion and Laser Beams

Laser driven particle acceleration and measurements ofion energy loss in plasma largely rely on suitable targets toachieve good particle beam and plasma quality. Recent re-search results [2] indicate that cryogenic targets allow forvery high ion energies. Advantages of our cryogenic tar-gets include high purity at solid density in a self-supportedstructure as well as fit...