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Open AccessAdvances in laser-driven neutron sources and applications
Laser-driven neutron source (LDNS) is attracting interest for several reasons including (i) compactness of the source, (ii) neutron pulse shortness and (iii) transportability of laser beam. Through reviewing r...
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Open AccessSuper-strong magnetic field-dominated ion beam dynamics in focusing plasma devices
High energy density physics is the field of physics dedicated to the study of matter and plasmas in extreme conditions of temperature, densities and pressures. It encompasses multiple disciplines such as mater...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Proof-of-principle experiment for laser-driven cold neutron source
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Open AccessProof-of-principle experiment for laser-driven cold neutron source
The scientific and technical advances continue to support novel discoveries by allowing scientists to acquire new insights into the structure and properties of matter using new tools and sources. Notably, neut...
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Open AccessElectromagnetic Burst Generation during Annihilation of Magnetic Field in Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interaction
We present the results of theoretical studies of formation and evolution of the current sheet in a colliosionless plasma during magnetic reconnection in relativistic limit. Relativistic magnetic reconnection i...
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Open AccessEnhancing laser beam performance by interfering intense laser beamlets
Increasing the laser energy absorption into energetic particle beams represents a longstanding quest in intense laser-plasma physics. During the interaction with matter, part of the laser energy is converted i...
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Whispering Gallery Effect in Relativistic Optics
A relativistic laser pulse, confined in a cylindrical-like target, under specific conditions may perform multiple scattering along the internal target surface. This results in the confinement of the laser ligh...
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Surface Layer Modification of Metal Nanoparticle Supported Polymer by Irradiation of Laser-Driven Extreme Ultraviolet Light
Creation and control of between polydimethilsiloxane (C2H6OSi)n and nanoparticles allow us to create functional materials. Such technology is beneficial for fabrication of wearable devices. One of the concerns ...
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Open AccessBoosting laser-ion acceleration with multi-picosecond pulses
Using one of the world most powerful laser facility, we demonstrate for the first time that high-contrast multi-picosecond pulses are advantageous for proton acceleration. By extending the pulse duration from ...
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Ion Acceleration in Subcritical Density Plasma via Interaction of Intense Laser Pulse with Cluster-Gas Target
We present substantial enhancement of the accelerated ion energies up to 10–20 MeV per nucleon by utilizing the unique properties of the cluster-gas target irradiated with 40-fs laser pulses of only 150 mJ ene...
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Control of laser-accelerated proton beams by modifying the target density with ASE
We demonstrate laser-ion acceleration from a near-critical density plasma, using amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) to convert a solid foil target into a lower-density target. In order to investigate the tar...
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Ionography of nanostructures with the use of a laser plasma of cluster targets
It has been shown that a femtosecond plasma of cluster targets is an almost isotropic source of fast ions and, hence, can be used to obtain ionographic images with a wide field of view. The spatial resolution ...
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Review on Recent High Intensity Physics Experiments Relevant to X-Ray and Quantum Beam Generation at JAEA
The authors describe firstly the lasers for high intensity physics experiments at JAEA including J-KAREN and JLITE-X lasers which can deliver 00TW and 0TW laser power, respectively. Secondly the authors descri...
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Simultaneous generation of a proton beam and terahertz radiation in high-intensity laser and thin-foil interaction
We have observed simultaneously both the fast proton generation and terahertz (THz) radiation in the laser pulse interaction with a 5-μm thick titanium target. In order to control the proton acceleration and T...
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Repetitive highly collimated intense proton beam with sub-MeV energy range driven by a compact few terawatt femtosecond laser
A highly collimated sub-MeV proton beam with the divergence angle of 10 degrees is obtained during the interaction of a few terawatt pulse from a table-top Ti:sapphire laser with a thin metallic foil. This bea...
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Intense Femto-Second Laser-Driven X-Ray Source Coupled With Multiple Directional Quantum Beams for Applications
An ultra-high laser pulse creates the relativistic collective phenomenasuch as high energy proton generation induced by high energy electrons, high orderharmonic generation with a relativistic collective elect...
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Observation of Thin Foil Preformed Plasmas with a Relativistic-intensity Ultra-short Pulse Laser by Means of Two-color Interferometer
Intense laser driven thin foil target acts as a double layered coulomb system that produces collimated ions as well as high-order harmonics, hard X-ray, and so on. From this point of view, we observed the elec...
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Development of a two-color interferometer for observing wide range electron density profiles with a femtosecond time resolution
A two-color interferometer for preformed plasma characterization is developed. We observe the electron density distribution of preformed plasmas on a 5 μm-thick copper target irradiated with a high-intensity T...
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Enhancement of high energy proton yield with a polystyrene-coated metal target driven by a high-intensity femtosecond laser
We present experimental results on protons accelerated up to 950 keV from a 3-μm thick tantalum foil with a 133-nm thick polystyrene layer on its rear surface, irradiated with a laser pulse having the duration...
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Phase rotation scheme of laser-produced ions for reduction of the energy spread
In order to widely spread out particle beams utilized in cancer therapy, laser-produced ions are developed as the injection beam for an ion synchrotron dedicated for cancer therapy. Such a laser ion source is ...
