Ultrafast laser matter interactions: modeling approaches, challenges, and prospects

G Miloshevsky - Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

High-harmonic generation from a flat liquid-sheet plasma mirror

YH Kim, H Kim, SC Park, Y Kwon, K Yeom… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High-harmonic radiation can be generated when an ultra-intense laser beam is reflected
from an over-dense plasma, known as a plasma mirror. It is considered a promising …

Transient laser-induced breakdown of dielectrics in ultrarelativistic laser-solid interactions

C Bernert, S Assenbaum, S Bock, FE Brack… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
For high-intensity laser-solid interactions, the absolute density and surface density gradients
of the target at the arrival of the ultrarelativistic laser peak are critical parameters. Accurate …

Off-harmonic optical probing of high intensity laser plasma expansion dynamics in solid density hydrogen jets

C Bernert, S Assenbaum, FE Brack, TE Cowan… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Due to the non-linear nature of relativistic laser induced plasma processes, the development
of laser-plasma accelerators requires precise numerical modeling. Especially high intensity …

Detailed characterization of kHz-rate laser-driven fusion at a thin liquid sheet with a neutron detection suite

BM Knight, CM Gautam, CR Stoner… - High Power Laser …, 2024 - cambridge.org
We present detailed characterization of laser-driven fusion and neutron production
(proportional counter and a set of 36 bubble detectors. Time-of-flight analysis of the …

Electron Weibel instability and quasi-magnetostatic structures in an expanding collisionless plasma

VV Kocharovsky, AA Nechaev, MA Garasev - Reviews of Modern Plasma …, 2024 - Springer
We outline transient quasi-magnetostatic phenomena associated with Weibel-type
instabilities, mainly the formation and decay of the current filaments and sheets. We consider …

Effects of collisions on the generation and suppression of temperature anisotropies and the Weibel instability

KM Schoeffler, LO Silva - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
The expansion of plasma with nonparallel temperature and density gradients and the
generation of a magnetic field via the Biermann battery is modeled using particle-in-cell …

Influence of a uniform magnetic field on the generation of strong small-scale magnetic fields during the injection of a plasma with hot electrons into an inhomogeneous …

VV Kocharovsky, MA Garasev, EV Derishev… - Doklady Physics, 2023 - Springer
We carry out a numerical modeling of plasma injection with hot electrons into a thin layer of
cold plasma in the presence of an external magnetic field. We show that the latter can …

Particle-In-Cell Simulations of Quantum Plasmas

GK Ngirmang, HTB Do, G Liu, M Bosman… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
Room-temperature metals and semi-metals which consist of a gas of bound electrons in a
near-continuum band structure can be classified as cold quantum plasmas. This insight …

The coexistence of orthogonal current structures and the development of different-type Weibel instabilities in adjacent regions of a plasma transition layer with a hot …

MA Garasev, VV Kocharovsky, AA Nechaev… - Geomagnetism and …, 2022 - Springer
By means of particle-in-cell numerical simulations, we find the possibility of the formation
and long-term coexistence of orthogonal current structures in adjacent layers of an …