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Atomic and Laser Physics
Credit: Jack Hobhouse

Prof Peter Norreys FInstP;

Professorial Research Fellow

Research theme

  • Accelerator physics
  • Lasers and high energy density science
  • Fundamental particles and interactions
  • Plasma physics

Sub department

  • Atomic and Laser Physics

Research groups

  • Oxford Centre for High Energy Density Science (OxCHEDS)
peter.norreys@physics.ox.ac.uk
Telephone: 01865 (2)72220
Clarendon Laboratory, room 141.1
Peter Norreys' research group
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Energy Injection for Fast Ignition

Plasma and Fusion Research Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research 4 (2009) 016

Authors:

Richard B STEPHENS, Kramer U AKLI, Teresa BARTAL, Farhat N BEG, Sugreev CHAWLA, Cliff D CHEN, Hui CHEN, Sophia CHEN, Bradley CHRISMAN, Richard R FREEMAN, Daniel HEY, Michael KEY, Andreas KEMP, James KING, Katherine LANCASTER, Sebastien LePAPE, Anthony LINK, Tammy MA, Andy MACKINNON, Andrew MACPHEE, Peter NORREYS, Dustin OFFERMAN, Vladimir OVCHINNIKOV, John PASLEY, Prav PATEL, Douglas SCHUMACHER, Yasuhiko SENTOKU, Ying TSUI, Scott WILKS, Linn Van WOERKOM, Ming-Sheng WEI, Toshinori YABUUCHI
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Experimental investigation of fast electron transport through Kα imaging and spectroscopy in relativistic laser-solid interactions

35th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2008, EPS 2008 - Europhysics Conference Abstracts 32:1 (2008) 185-188

Authors:

P Köster, K Akli, A Antonicci, D Batani, S Baton, RG Evans, E Förster, A Giulietti, D Giulietti, LA Gizzi, JS Green, T Kämpfer, M Koenig, L Labate, KL Lancaster, T Levato, A Lübcke, A Morace, P Norreys, F Perez, I Uschmann, J Waugh, N Woolsey, F Zamponi

Abstract:

The study of the basic physical processes underlying the generation of fast electrons during the interaction of high-intensity short laser pulses with solid materials and the transport of these fast electrons through the target material are of great importance for the fast ignition concept for inertial confinement fusion and for the development of ultra-short X-ray sources. We report on the experimental investigation of fast electron transport phenomena by means of the spatial and spectral characterization of the X-ray emission from layered targets using bent crystal spectrometers and a new diagnostic technique based on a pinhole-camera equipped with a CCD detector working in single-photon regime for multi-spectral X-ray imaging [1]. In particular, differences of fast electron transport features depending on the atomic number and/or the resistivity of the target material have been studied. The experiments were carried out at relativistic laser intensities, both in the longer (≃ps) pulse interaction regime relevant for fast ignition studies [2] and in the short-pulse (≃100 fs) interaction conditions related to basic physics studies as well as to the development of ultrashort Kα X-ray sources.

Fast-ignition target design and experimental-concept validation on OMEGA

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 50:12 (2008)

Authors:

C Stoeckl, KS Anderson, R Betti, TR Boehly, JA Delettrez, JA Frenje, VN Goncharov, VY Glebov, JH Kelly, AJ MacKinnon, RL McCrory, DD Meyerhofer, SFB Morse, JF Myatt, PA Norreys, PM Nilson, RD Petrasso, TC Sangster, AA Solodov, RB Stephens, M Storm, W Theobald, B Yaakobi, LJ Waxer, CD Zhou

Abstract:

A comprehensive scientific program is being pursued at LLE to explore the physics of fast ignition. The OMEGA EP Laser was completed in April 2008, adjacent to the 60 beam, 30 kJ OMEGA Laser Facility. OMEGA EP consists of four beamlines with a NIF-like architecture, each delivering up to 6.5 kJ of UV laser energy in long pulse (ns) mode into the OMEGA EP target chamber. Two of the beamlines can operate as high-energy petawatt lasers, with up to 2.6 kJ each with 10 ps pulse duration. These beams can either be injected into the OMEGA EP target chamber or combined collinearly into the existing OMEGA target chamber for integrated fast-ignitor experiments. Fuel-assembly experiments on OMEGA have achieved high fuel areal densities, and the effects of a cone on the fuel assembly are being studied. Experiments on short-pulse laser systems in collaboration with other institutions are being pursued to investigate the conversion efficiency from laser energy to fast electrons. A coherent transition radiation diagnostic to study the transport of the electrons in high-density material is being developed. Integrated experiments with room-temperature targets on OMEGA will be performed in 2008. Simulations of these integrated experiments show significant heating of up to 1 keV due to the hot electrons from the short-pulse laser. © 2008 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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Temporally and spatially resolved measurements of multi-megagauss magnetic fields in high intensity laser-produced plasmas

Physics of Plasmas 15:12 (2008)

Authors:

A Gopal, M Tatarakis, FN Beg, EL Clark, AE Dangor, RG Evans, PA Norreys, MS Wei, M Zepf, K Krushelnick

Abstract:

We report spatially and temporally resolved measurements of self-generated multi-megagauss magnetic fields produced during ultrahigh intensity laser plasma interactions. Spatially resolved measurements of the magnetic fields show an asymmetry in the distribution of field with respect to the angle of laser incidence. Temporally resolved measurements of the self-generated third harmonic suggest that the strength of the magnetic field is proportional to the square root of laser intensity (i.e., the laser B -field) during the rise of the laser pulse. The experimental results are compared with numerical simulations using a particle-in-cell code which also shows clear asymmetry of the field profile and similar magnetic field growth rates and scalings. © 2008 American Institute of Physics.
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Efficient Raman amplification into the PetaWatt regime

(2008)

Authors:

RMGM Trines, F Fiúza, R Bingham, RA Fonseca, LO Silva, RA Cairns, PA Norreys
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