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...
Generation of quasimonoenergetic electron bunches with 80-fs laser pulses (2006)
Hidding, B., Amthor, K.U., Liesfeld, B., Schwoerer, H., Karsch, S., Geissler, M., ...
Highly collimated, quasimonoenergetic multi-MeV electron bunches were generated by the interaction of tightly focused, 80-fs laser pulses in a high-pressure gas jet. These monoenergetic bunches are...
High harmonic generation in the relativistic limit (2006)
Dromey, B., Zepf, M., Gopal, A., Lancaster, K., Wei, M. S., Krushelnick, K., ...
High harmonic generation in the relativistic limit (2006)
Dromey, B, Zepf, M, Gopal, A, Lancaster, K, Wei, MS, Krushelnick, K, ...
The generation of extremely bright coherent X-ray pulses in the femtosecond and attosecond regime is currently one of the most exciting frontiers of physics - allowing, for the first time,...
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...
Time-resolved THz emission from laser-accelerated electron bunches (2006)
Karsch, S, Major, Zs, Hörlein, R, Veisz, L, Schmid, K, Schreiber, J, ...
Laser accelerated, high quality ion beams (2005)
Roth, M, Blazevic, A, Brambrink, E, Geissel, M, Cowan, TE, Fuchs, J, ...
Intense beams of protons and heavy ions have been observed in ultra-intense laser-solid interaction experiments. Thereby, a considerable fraction of the laser energy is transferred to collimated...
Study of electron-beam propagation through preionized dense foam plasmas (2005)
Jung, R, Osterholz, J, Lowenbruck, K, Kiselev, S, Pretzler, G, Pukhov, A, ...
Laser accelerated ions and electron transport in ultra-intense laser matter interaction (2005)
Roth, M, Brambrink, E, Audebert, P, Blazevic, A, Clarke, R, Cobble, J, ...
Study of electron beam propagation in dense plasmas (2005)
Jung, R, Willi, O, Borghesi, M, Kar, S, Osterholz, J, Lowenbruck, K, ...
Lancaster, KL, Karsch, S, Habara, H, Beg, FN, Clark, EL, Freeman, R, ...
Integrated implosion/heating studies for advanced fast ignition (2004)
Norreys, PA, Lancaster, KL, Murphy, CD, Habara, H, Karsch, S, Clarke, RJ, ...
Stoeckl, C, Theobald, W, Sangster, TG, Key, MH, Patel, P, Zhang, BB, ...
Part 2, Oct 2004
Advanced fast ignition studies at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (2003)
Norreys, PA, Habara, H, Lancaster, KA, Murphy, C, Karsch, S, Clarke, R, ...
Energetic ions generated by laser pulses: A detailed study on target properties (2002)
Roth, M., Blazevic, A., Geissel, M., Schlegel, T., Cowan, T. E., Allen, M., ...
We present the results of a detailed study on the acceleration of intense ion beams by relativistic laser plasmas. The experiments were performed at the 100 TW laser at the Laboratoire pour...
MeV ion jets from short-pulse-laser interaction with thin foils (2002)
Hegelich, M., Karsch, S., Pretzler, G., Habs, D., Witte, K., Guenther, W., ...
Collimated jets of carbon and fluorine ions up to 5 MeV/nucleon (~100 MeV) are observed from the rear surface of thin foils irradiated with laser intensities of up to 5x1019W/cm2. The normally...
The generation of high-quality, intense ion beams by ultra- intense lasers (2002)
Roth, M., Allen, M., Audebert, P., Blazevic, A., Brambrink, E., Cowan, T. E., ...
Intense beams of protons and heavy ions have been observed in ultra-intense laser-solid interaction experiments. Thereby, a considerable fraction of the laser energy is transferred to collimated...