The irradiation of the target surface by an ultrafast femtosecond (fs) laser pulse produces the
extreme non-equilibrium states of matter and subsequent phase transformations …

Strong magnetic fields play an important role in high-energy-density plasma. Several
approaches have been investigated within a decade to access the strong magnetic field …

The high-energy petawatt PETAL laser system was commissioned at CEA's Laser
Mégajoule facility during the 2017–2018 period. This paper reports in detail on the first …

We report on the development of foam-based double-layer targets (DLTs) for laser-driven
ion acceleration. Foam layers with a density of a few mg cm− 3 and controlled thickness in …

The investigation of superintense laser-driven ion sources and their potential applications
offers unique opportunities for multidisciplinary research. Plasma physics can be combined …

Laser-driven ion sources are interesting for many potential applications, from nuclear
medicine to material science. A promising strategy to enhance both ion energy and number …

Among the existing elemental characterization techniques, particle-induced x-ray emission
(PIXE) and energy-dispersive x-ray (EDX) spectroscopy are two of the most widely used in …

HB11 Energy's mission is to realize large-scale electricity generation from the fusion of
hydrogen with boron-11 (the HB11, or “proton-boron”, reaction) without the environmental …

Perspectives on research on laser driven proton-boron fusion and applications Page 1 Journal of
Instrumentation PAPER • OPEN ACCESS Perspectives on research on laser driven proton-boron …

The discovery of chirped pulse amplification has led to great improvements in laser
technology, enabling energetic laser beams to be compressed to pulse durations of tens of …