Ultra-intense MeV photon and neutron beams are indispensable tools in many research
fields such as nuclear, atomic and material science as well as in medical and biophysical …

Intense lasers enable generating high-energy particle beams in university-scale
laboratories. With the direct laser acceleration (DLA) method, the leading part of the laser …

We report on enhanced laser driven electron beam generation in the multi MeV energy
range that promises a tremendous increase of the diagnostic potential of high energy sub …

Experiments were performed to study electron acceleration by intense sub-picosecond laser
pulses propagating in sub-mm long plasmas of near critical electron density (NCD). Low …

Relativistic positron beams are required for fundamental research in nonlinear strong field
QED, plasma physics, and laboratory astrophysics. Positrons are difficult to create and …

Acceleration of particles from the interaction of ultraintense laser pulses up to 5× 10 21 W
cm− 2 with thin foils is investigated experimentally. The electron beam parameters varied …

The direct laser acceleration (DLA) of electrons in underdense plasmas can provide
hundreds of nC of electrons accelerated to near-GeV energies using currently available …

We present an experimental demonstration of the efficient acceleration of electrons beyond
60 MeV using micro-channel plasma targets. We employed a high-contrast, 2.5 J, 32 fs short …

A high-intensity laser beam propagating through a dense plasma drives a strong current that
robustly sustains a strong quasistatic azimuthal magnetic field. The laser field efficiently …

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