High brightness keV harmonics from relativistically oscillating plasma surfaces (2009)
Dromey, B, Adams, D, Kar, S, Bellei, C, Carroll, DC, Clarke, RJ, ...
Longitudinal Ion Acceleration From High-Intensity Laser Interactions With Underdense Plasma (2008)
Willingale, L., Mangles, S. P. D., Nilson, P. M., Clarke, R. J., Dangor, A. E., Kaluza, Malte C., ...
Nuclear activation as a high dynamic range diagnostic of laser-plasma interactions (2008)
Clarke, RJ, Simpson, PT, Kar, S, Green, JS, Bellei, C, Carroll, DC, ...
Longitudinal Ion Acceleration from High-Intensity Laser Interactions with Underdense Plasma (2007)
Willingale, L., Mangles, S. P. D., Nilson, P. M, Clarke, R. J., Dangor, A. E., Kaluza, M. C., ...
Longitudinal ion acceleration from high-intensity (I ~ 10^20 Wcm^-2) laser interactions with helium gas jet targets (n_e ~ 0.04 n_c) have been observed. The ion beam has a maximum energy for He^2+ of...
Self-guided wakefield experiments driven by petawatt class ultra-short laser pulses (2007)
Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Bellei, C., Dangor, A. E., Kamperidis, C., Kneip, S., ...
We investigate the extension of self-injecting laser wakefield experiments to the regime that will be accessible with the next generation of petawatt class ultra-short pulse laser systems. Using...
Dynamic Control of Laser Produced Proton Beams (2007)
Kar, S., Markey, K., Simpson, P. T., Dromey, B., Borghesi, M., Zepf, M., ...
The emission characteristics of intense laser driven protons are controlled using ultra-strong (of the order of 10^9 V/m) electrostatic fields varying on a few ps timescale. The field structures are...
Willingale, L., Mangles, S. P. D., Nilson, P. M., Clarke, R. J., Dangor, A. E., Kaluza, Malte C., ...
Wei, MS, Davies, JR, Clark, EL, Beg, FN, Gopal, A, Tatarakis, M, ...
Reduction of proton acceleration in the interaction of a high-intensity, picosecond laser with a 50-mu m aluminum target was observed when 0.1-6 mu m of plastic was deposited on the back surface...
Collimated multi-MeV ion beams from high-intensity laser interactions with underdense plasma (2006)
Willingale, L, Mangles, SPD, Nilson, PM, Clarke, RJ, Dangor, AE, Kaluza, MC, ...
A beam of multi-MeV helium ions has been observed from the interaction of a short-pulse high-intensity laser pulse with underdense helium plasma. The ion beam was found to have a maximum energy for...
Magnetic reconnection and plasma dynamics in two-beam laser-solid interactions (2006)
Nilson, PM, Willingale, L, Kaluza, MC, Kamperidis, C, Minardi, S, Wei, M, ...
We present measurements of a magnetic reconnection in a plasma created by two laser beams (1 ns pulse duration, 1x10(15) W cm(-2)) focused in close proximity on a planar solid target. Simultaneous...
Pasley, J, Nilson, P, Willingale, L, Haines, MG, Notley, M, Tolley, M, ...
Results of experiments conducted at the Central Laser Facility Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, illustrating the efficacy of utilizing a combination of transonic and subsonic ablation to increase the...
Pasley, J., Nilson, P., Willingale, L., Haines, M.G., Notley, M., Tolley, M., ...
Results of experiments conducted at the Central Laser Facility (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), illustrating the efficacy of utilizing a combination of transonic and subsonic ablation to increase...