[HTML][HTML] Saddle point approaches in strong field physics and generation of attosecond pulses

A Nayak, M Dumergue, S Kühn, S Mondal… - Physics reports, 2019 - Elsevier
Attoscience is the emerging field that accesses the fastest electronic processes occurring at
the atomic and molecular length scales with attosecond (1 as= 1 0− 18 s) time resolution …

Pushing the frontier in the design of laser-based electron accelerators with groundbreaking mesh-refined particle-in-cell simulations on exascale-class …

L Fedeli, A Huebl, F Boillod-Cerneux… - … conference for high …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
(150 word max) We present a first-of-kind mesh-refined (MR) massively parallel Particle-In-
Cell (PIC) code for kinetic plasma simulations optimized on the Frontier, Fugaku, Summit …

Plasma mirrors as a path to the Schwinger limit: theoretical and numerical developments

H Vincenti, T Clark, L Fedeli, P Martin… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
Following the advent of petawatt (PW)-class lasers already capable of achieving light
intensities of 10 23 W/cm 2, high-field science now aims at solving a major challenge of …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization and performance of the Apollon short-focal-area facility following its commissioning at 1 PW level

K Burdonov, A Fazzini, V Lelasseux… - Matter and Radiation …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We present the results of the first commissioning phase of the short-focal-length area of the
Apollon laser facility (located in Saclay, France), which was performed with the first available …

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 …

Effect of small focus on electron heating and proton acceleration in ultrarelativistic laser-solid interactions

NP Dover, M Nishiuchi, H Sakaki, K Kondo… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
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 …

Enhanced laser-driven proton acceleration via improved fast electron heating in a controlled pre-plasma

LA Gizzi, E Boella, L Labate, F Baffigi, PJ Bilbao… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The interaction of ultraintense laser pulses with solids is largely affected by the plasma
gradient at the vacuum–solid interface, which modifies the absorption and ultimately …

Achieving extreme light intensities using optically curved relativistic plasma mirrors

H Vincenti - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
This Letter proposes a realistic implementation of the curved relativistic mirror concept to
reach unprecedented light intensities in experiments. The scheme is based on relativistic …

Probing strong-field qed with doppler-boosted petawatt-class lasers

L Fedeli, A Sainte-Marie, N Zaïm, M Thévenet, JL Vay… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
We propose a scheme to explore regimes of strong-field quantum electrodynamics (SF
QED) otherwise unattainable with the currently available laser technology. The scheme …

Monoenergetic high-energy ion source via femtosecond laser interacting with a microtape

XF Shen, A Pukhov, B Qiao - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
Intense laser-plasma ion sources are characterized by an unsurpassed acceleration
gradient and exceptional beam emittance. They are promising candidates for next …