Ion acceleration driven by superintense laser pulses is attracting an impressive and steadily
increasing effort. Motivations can be found in the applicative potential and in the perspective …

For many years, laser-driven ion acceleration, mainly proton acceleration, has been
proposed and a number of proof-of-principle experiments have been carried out with lasers …

Compact and affordable ion accelerators based on laser-produced plasmas have potential
applications in many fields of science and medicine. However, the requirement of producing …

We show that monoenergetic ion beams can be accelerated by moderate Mach number
collisionless, electrostatic shocks propagating in a long scale-length exponentially decaying …

A number of laser facilities coming online all over the world promise the capability of high-
power laser experiments with shot repetition rates between 1 and 10 Hz. Target availability …

Mid-infrared ultrashort high energy laser sources are opening up new opportunities in
science, including keV-class high harmonic generation and monoenergetic MeV-class …

Fusion fast ignition (FI) initiated by a laser-driven particle beam promises a path to high-yield
and high-gain for inertial fusion energy. FI can readily leverage the proven capability of …

It has been known for about sixty years that proton and heavy ion therapy is a very powerful
radiation procedure for treating tumors. It has an innate ability to irradiate tumors with greater …

We report experimental evidence for a Rayleigh-Taylor-like instability driven by radiation
pressure of an ultraintense (10 21 W/cm 2) laser pulse. The instability is witnessed by the …

An abundant source of energy in space, electromagnetic radiation can provide spacecraft
with a gentle yet persistent thrust for interplanetary and interstellar missions. Early …