Multi-scale simulation of intense laser plasma interactions
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Physics
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Roger Evans (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Zhu X
(2021)
Generation of 100-MeV Attosecond Electron Bunches with Terawatt Few-Cycle Laser Pulses
in Physical Review Applied
Wang T
(2020)
Power Scaling for Collimated ? -Ray Beams Generated by Structured Laser-Irradiated Targets and Its Application to Two-Photon Pair Production
in Physical Review Applied
Zhu X
(2022)
Bunched Proton Acceleration from a Laser-Irradiated Cone Target
in Physical Review Applied
Ju L
(2019)
Generation of Collimated Bright Gamma Rays with Controllable Angular Momentum Using Intense Laguerre-Gaussian Laser Pulses
in Physical Review Applied
Zhu X
(2019)
Single-Cycle Terawatt Twisted-Light Pulses at Midinfrared Wavelengths above 10 µ m
in Physical Review Applied
Déziel J
(2018)
Femtosecond self-reconfiguration of laser-induced plasma patterns in dielectrics
in Physical Review B
Peebles J
(2018)
High-angle deflection of the energetic electrons by a voluminous magnetic structure in near-normal intense laser-plasma interactions
in Physical Review E
Huang T
(2018)
Electron acceleration induced by interaction of two relativistic laser pulses in underdense plasmas
in Physical Review E
Culfa O
(2016)
Plasma scale-length effects on electron energy spectra in high-irradiance laser plasmas
in Physical Review E
Gong Z
(2020)
Direct laser acceleration of electrons assisted by strong laser-driven azimuthal plasma magnetic fields
in Physical Review E
Huang T
(2017)
Relativistic laser hosing instability suppression and electron acceleration in a preformed plasma channel
in Physical Review E
Ma Y
(2020)
Polarization-Dependent Self-Injection by Above Threshold Ionization Heating in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator.
in Physical review letters
Tooley MP
(2017)
Towards Attosecond High-Energy Electron Bunches: Controlling Self-Injection in Laser-Wakefield Accelerators Through Plasma-Density Modulation.
in Physical review letters
Scott GG
(2018)
Dual Ion Species Plasma Expansion from Isotopically Layered Cryogenic Targets.
in Physical review letters
Gong Z
(2023)
Electron Polarization in Ultrarelativistic Plasma Current Filamentation Instabilities.
in Physical review letters
McIlvenny A
(2021)
Selective Ion Acceleration by Intense Radiation Pressure.
in Physical review letters
Gong Z
(2021)
Retrieving Transient Magnetic Fields of Ultrarelativistic Laser Plasma via Ejected Electron Polarization.
in Physical review letters
Gong Z
(2023)
Electron Slingshot Acceleration in Relativistic Preturbulent Shocks Explored via Emitted Photon Polarization.
in Physical review letters
Tresca O
(2015)
Spectral Modification of Shock Accelerated Ions Using a Hydrodynamically Shaped Gas Target.
in Physical review letters
Jakobsson O
(2021)
Gev-Scale Accelerators Driven by Plasma-Modulated Pulses from Kilohertz Lasers.
in Physical review letters
Li R
(2021)
Nanoscale Electrostatic Modulation of Mega-Ampere Electron Current in Solid-Density Plasmas.
in Physical review letters
Wu Y
(2018)
Tailoring Laser-Generated Plasmas for Efficient Nuclear Excitation by Electron Capture.
in Physical review letters
Shi Y
(2021)
Generation of Ultrarelativistic Monoenergetic Electron Bunches via a Synergistic Interaction of Longitudinal Electric and Magnetic Fields of a Twisted Laser.
in Physical review letters
Cook JWS
(2017)
Stimulated Emission of Fast Alfvén Waves within Magnetically Confined Fusion Plasmas.
in Physical review letters
Bin JH
(2018)
Enhanced Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration by Superponderomotive Electrons Generated from Near-Critical-Density Plasma.
in Physical review letters
| Description | Developed, tested and made available a very high performance computer model of lasers and high temperature plasmas. Used the model to design a novel electron mirror to control and collimate the relativistic electrons from an ultra high power laser beam. |
| Exploitation Route | The plasma code Epoch is now widely used by universities in the UK and Europe. |
| Sectors | Education Energy Environment |
| Description | The plasma code Epoch has been used by us to address problems in laser plasma physics relevant to Inertial Confinement Fusion. The code is used by many universities in the UK and Europe. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
| Sector | Education,Energy |