Laser proton acceleration from a near-critical imploding gas target

O Seemann, Y Wan, S Tata, E Kroupp, V Malka - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The interaction between relativistic intense laser pulses and near-critical-density targets has
been sought after in order to increase the efficiency of laser-plasma energy coupling …

Laser-driven ion and electron acceleration from near-critical density gas targets: Towards high-repetition rate operation in the 1 PW, sub-100 fs laser interaction …

V Ospina-Bohórquez, C Salgado-López, M Ehret… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Ion acceleration from gaseous targets driven by relativistic-intensity lasers was
demonstrated as early as the late 1990s, yet most of the experiments conducted to date …

High-energy laser facility PHELIX at GSI: Latest advances and extended capabilities

Z Major, U Eisenbarth, B Zielbauer… - High Power Laser …, 2024 - cambridge.org
The high-energy/high-intensity laser facility PHELIX of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für
Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany, has been in operation since 2008. Here, we …

Proton acceleration from optically tailored high-density gas jet targets

A Maitrallain, JR Marquès, K Bontemps… - Journal of Plasma …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Laser-driven ion acceleration is well established using solid targets mainly in the target
normal sheath acceleration regime. To follow the increasing repetition rate available on high …

Laser interactions with gas jets: EMP emission and nozzle damage

PW Bradford, V Ospina-Bohorquez, M Ehret… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Understanding the physics of electromagnetic pulse emission and nozzle damage is critical
for the long-term operation of laser experiments with gas targets, particularly at facilities …

Laser interactions with gas jets: electromagnetic pulse emission and nozzle damage

PW Bradford, V Ospina-Bohórquez, M Ehret… - High Power Laser …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Understanding the physics of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) emission and nozzle damage is
critical for the long-term operation of laser experiments with gas targets, particularly at …