Advancements in light engineering have led to the creation of pulsed laser sources capable
of delivering high-repetition-rate, high-power few-cycle laser pulses across a wide spectral …

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 …

One of the challenges for laser-driven proton beams for many potential applications is their
stability and reproducibility. We investigate the stability of the laser driven proton beams …

Specular reflections of relativistic laser pulses from an overdense plasma mirror (PM) were
studied experimentally. The pointing stability of the PM and reflectance of the input laser …

We report an experimental-computational study of the optical properties of plasma mirrors
(PMs) at the incident laser frequency when irradiated directly at relativistic intensity (⁠ 10 …

Surface high-harmonic generation in the relativistic regime is demonstrated as a source of
extreme ultra-violet (XUV) pulses with extended operation time. Relativistic high-harmonic …

We present initial experiments on staging of two separately driven laser plasma accelerators
(LPAs) towards high energy physics and beam deceleration experiments. A study …

High-harmonic generation (HHG) from replenishing tape surfaces allows for multi-Hz
applications. Unlike conventional gas-based HHG, solid-surface HHG (SHHG) uses peak …

This work present an in-depth experimental study of the parameters necessary to optimize a
tunable, quasi-monoenergetic, efficient, low background Compton backscattering (CBS) x …

This thesis comprises a detailed investigation of the physics of using a plasma mirror (PM)
from a tape by reflecting ultrashort pulses from a laser-triggered surface plasma. The tapes …