Target normal sheath acceleration and laser wakefield acceleration particle-in-cell simulations performance on CPU & GPU architectures for high-power laser systems

I Tazes, JF Ong, O Tesileanu, KA Tanaka… - Plasma Physics and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an integrated study on the scalability and performance of particle-in-cell (PIC)
code simulations on CPU and GPU architectures of high parallelization focused on target …

The importance of the laser pulse-ablator interaction dynamics prior to the ablation plasma phase in inertial confinement fusion studies

E Kaselouris, I Fitilis, A Skoulakis… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This work presents studies which demonstrate the importance of the very early heating
dynamics of the ablator long before the ablation plasma phase begins in laser driven inertial …

A numerical study on laboratory plasma dynamics validated by low current x-pinch experiments

G Koundourakis, A Skoulakis… - Plasma Physics and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The computational study of x-pinch plasmas driven by pulsed power generators demands
the development of advanced numerical models and simulation schemes, able to enlighten …

High performance simulations of a single X-pinch

A Skoulakis, G Koundourakis, A Ciardi… - Plasma Physics and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The dynamics of plasmas produced by low current X-pinch devices are explored. This
comprehensive computational study is the first step in the preparation of an experimental …

From theory to hands-on: teaching experimental plasma physics using small plasma devices at DTU

J Rasmussen, O Grulke… - European Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract At the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), we have in recent years acquired or
developed three small plasma devices. These consist of a small tokamak (NORTH), an …