Quasi-monoenergetic and tunable X-rays from a laser-driven Compton light source

ND Powers, I Ghebregziabher, G Golovin, C Liu… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The maximum achievable photon energy of compact, conventional, Compton-scattering X-
ray sources is currently limited by the maximum permissible field gradient of conventional …

Spectral bandwidth reduction of Thomson scattered light by pulse chirping

I Ghebregziabher, BA Shadwick, D Umstadter - Physical Review Special …, 2013 - APS
Based on single particle tracking in the framework of classical Thomson scattering with
incoherent superposition, we developed a relativistic, three-dimensional numerical model …

Fast heating of imploded core with counterbeam configuration

Y Mori, Y Nishimura, R Hanayama, S Nakayama… - Physical Review Letters, 2016 - APS
A tailored-pulse-imploded core with a diameter of 70 μ m is flashed by counterirradiating
110 fs, 7 TW laser pulses. Photon emission (> 40 eV) from the core exceeds the emission …

Inverse Compton gamma-ray source driven by a plasma flying mirror

X Zheng - JOSA B, 2023 - opg.optica.org
All-optical sources of inverse Compton scattering can deliver X-and gamma-rays with
ultrashort duration, small size, and ultrahigh brilliance, having attracted great attention …

First demonstration of laser engagement of 1-Hz-injected flying pellets and neutron generation

O Komeda, Y Nishimura, Y Mori, R Hanayama, K Ishii… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Pellet injection and repetitive laser illumination are key technologies for realizing inertial
fusion energy. Numerous studies have been conducted on target suppliers, injectors and …

1 Hz fast-heating fusion driver HAMA pumped by a 10 J green diode-pumped solid-state laser

Y Mori, T Sekine, O Komeda, S Nakayama… - Nuclear …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
A Ti: sapphire laser HAMA pumped by a diode-pumped solid-state laser (DPSSL) is
developed to enable a high-repetitive inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiment to be …

Building an optical free-electron laser in the traveling-wave Thomson-scattering geometry

K Steiniger, D Albach, M Bussmann, M Loeser… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We show how optical free-electron lasers and enhanced incoherent Thomson scattering
radiation sources can be realized with Traveling-Wave Thomson-Scattering (TWTS) today …

1-Hz bead-pellet injection system for fusion reaction engaged by a laser HAMA using ultra-intense counter beams

Y Mori, Y Nishimura, K Ishii, R Hanayama… - Fusion Science and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The injection and engagement of pellets using laser beam irradiation is one of the key
technologies to realize a laser-driven inertial fusion energy (IFE) reactor. We irradiated ultra …

Transport properties of liquid metals and semiconductors from molecular dynamics simulation with the Kubo-Greenwood formula

KP Migdal, VV Zhakhovsky, AV Yanilkin… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
Short but intense laser pulses may produce the high surface temperatures of metal or
semiconductor targets exceeding the corresponding melting points. Hydrodynamic modeling …

Target injection and engagement for neutron generation at 1 Hz

O Komeda, Y Nishimura, Y Mori… - Plasma and Fusion …, 2013 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Target injection is a key technology to realizing inertial fusion energy. Here we present the
first demonstration of target injection and neutron generation. We injected more than 600 …