Of Proton Generation and Focusing for Fast Ignition Applications
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2006) 371-371
The effect of laser focusing conditions in laser wakefield acceleration experiments
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (2006)
Abstract:
The effect of focusing conditions in laser wakefield acceleration is studied. Short focal length geometries produce large dark currents while longer focal lengths produce narrow energy spread beams. © 2006 Optical Societ of America.A coupled two-step plasma instability in PW laser plasma interactions
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 47:12 B (2005)
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A possible new mechanism for anomalous ion heating in ultra-intense laser plasmas is considered here. This mechanism is based on the excitation of an electron two-stream instability that is driven by the fast electron beam and resonantly decays into ion-acoustic waves. These low frequency waves are then strongly damped by the ion collisions in the dense plasma. The model gives a simple explanation for the preferential heating of the bulk ion population observed in recent laser experiments in the petawatt (PW) regime. © 2005 IOP Publishing Ltd.Characterization of Ti Ka radiation resulting from interaction of a highly intense laser pulse with a thin titanium foil
32nd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2005, EPS 2005, Held with the 8th International Workshop on Fast Ignition of Fusion Targets - Europhysics Conference Abstracts 2 (2005) 1154-1157
Experiment vs. theory on electric inhibition of fast electron penetration of targets
32nd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2005, EPS 2005, Held with the 8th International Workshop on Fast Ignition of Fusion Targets - Europhysics Conference Abstracts 1 (2005) 121-124