Multi-scale simulation of intense laser plasma interactions
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Physics
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| Roger Evans (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Gong Z
(2019)
Highly collimated electron acceleration by longitudinal laser fields in a hollow-core target
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Bierwage A
(2019)
Similarity of magnetized plasma wake channels behind relativistic laser pulses with different wavelengths
in Computer Physics Communications
Ong J
(2019)
Feasibility studies of an all-optical and compact ? -ray blaster using a 1 PW laser pulse
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Wang T
(2020)
Electron confinement by laser-driven azimuthal magnetic fields during direct laser acceleration
in Physics of Plasmas
Ma Y
(2020)
Polarization-Dependent Self-Injection by Above Threshold Ionization Heating in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator.
in Physical review letters
Gong Z
(2020)
Proton sheet crossing in thin relativistic plasma irradiated by a femtosecond petawatt laser pulse.
in Physical review. E
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
Sadler J
(2020)
Overcoming the dephasing limit in multiple-pulse laser wakefield acceleration
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Zhu XL
(2020)
Efficient generation of relativistic near-single-cycle mid-infrared pulses in plasmas.
in Light, science & applications
Gong Z
(2020)
Energetic spin-polarized proton beams from two-stage coherent acceleration in laser-driven plasma.
in Physical review. E
Hadjisolomou P
(2020)
Preplasma effects on laser ion generation from thin foil targets
in Physics of Plasmas
Vyskocil J
(2020)
Inverse Compton scattering from solid targets irradiated by ultra-short laser pulses in the 10 22 -10 23 W/cm 2 regime
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Krishnamurthy S
(2020)
Observation of resistive Weibel instability in intense laser plasma
in Laser and Particle Beams
McIlvenny A
(2020)
Characteristics of ion beams generated in the interaction of ultra-short laser pulses with ultra-thin foils
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Allanson O
(2020)
Particle-in-Cell Experiments Examine Electron Diffusion by Whistler-Mode Waves: 2. Quasi-Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Arefiev A
(2020)
Birefringence in thermally anisotropic relativistic plasmas and its impact on laser-plasma interactions
in Physics of Plasmas
Valenta P
(2020)
Polarity reversal of wakefields driven by ultrashort pulse laser.
in Physical review. E
Chapman B
(2020)
Origin of ion cyclotron emission at the proton cyclotron frequency from the core of deuterium plasmas in the ASDEX-Upgrade tokamak
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Jirka M
(2020)
Enhanced photon emission from a double-layer target at moderate laser intensities.
in Scientific reports
| 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 |