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
Schmitz H
(2012)
Collisional particle-in-cell modelling of the generation and control of relativistic electron beams produced by ultra-intense laser pulses
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Schmitz H
(2012)
Target normal sheath acceleration sheath fields for arbitrary electron energy distribution
in Physics of Plasmas
Skender M
(2014)
Whistler wave generation by non-gyrotropic, relativistic, electron beams
in Physics of Plasmas
Rekaa V
(2014)
ION PRE-ACCELERATION IN FULLY SELF-CONSISTENT PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS OF SUPERCRITICAL PERPENDICULAR REFORMING SHOCKS IN MULTIPLE ION SPECIES PLASMAS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Di Lucchio L
(2015)
Relativistic attosecond electron bunch emission from few-cycle laser irradiated nanoscale droplets
in Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Arefiev A
(2015)
Novel Aspects of Direct Laser Acceleration of Relativistic Electrons
Thurgood J
(2015)
Self-consistent particle-in-cell simulations of fundamental and harmonic plasma radio emission mechanisms
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Tsai H
(2015)
Compact tunable Compton x-ray source from laser-plasma accelerator and plasma mirror
in Physics of Plasmas
Siminos E.
(2015)
Modeling few-cycle shadowgraphy of laser-wakefield accelerators
in 42nd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2015
Tresca O
(2015)
Spectral Modification of Shock Accelerated Ions Using a Hydrodynamically Shaped Gas Target.
in Physical review letters
Arber T
(2015)
Contemporary particle-in-cell approach to laser-plasma modelling
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Turrell AE
(2015)
Ultrafast collisional ion heating by electrostatic shocks.
in Nature communications
Arefiev A
(2015)
Temporal resolution criterion for correctly simulating relativistic electron motion in a high-intensity laser field
in Physics of Plasmas
Arefiev A
(2015)
Novel aspects of direct laser acceleration of relativistic electrons
in Journal of Plasma Physics
Sävert A
(2015)
Direct Observation of the Injection Dynamics of a Laser Wakefield Accelerator Using Few-Femtosecond Shadowgraphy.
in Physical review letters
Stark DJ
(2015)
Relativistic Plasma Polarizer: Impact of Temperature Anisotropy on Relativistic Transparency.
in Physical review letters
Dieckmann M
(2015)
Shocks in unmagnetized plasma with a shear flow: Stability and magnetic field generation
in Physics of Plasmas
Siminos E
(2016)
Modeling ultrafast shadowgraphy in laser-plasma interaction experiments
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Landgraf B
(2016)
Broadband stimulated Raman backscattering
in New Journal of Physics
Tsiklauri D
(2016)
Collisionless, phase-mixed, dispersive, Gaussian Alfven pulse in transversely inhomogeneous plasma
in Physics of Plasmas
Dover N
(2016)
Optical shaping of gas targets for laser-plasma ion sources
in Journal of Plasma Physics
Hu R
(2016)
Brilliant GeV electron beam with narrow energy spread generated by a laser plasma accelerator
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Culfa O
(2016)
Plasma scale-length effects on electron energy spectra in high-irradiance laser plasmas
in Physical Review E
Thurgood J
(2016)
Particle-in-cell simulations of the relaxation of electron beams in inhomogeneous solar wind plasmas
in Journal of Plasma Physics
Toncian T
(2016)
Non-Maxwellian electron distributions resulting from direct laser acceleration in near-critical plasmas
in Matter and Radiation at Extremes
Landgraf B
(2016)
Broadband stimulated Raman backscattering
Arefiev A
(2016)
Beyond the ponderomotive limit: Direct laser acceleration of relativistic electrons in sub-critical plasmas
in Physics of Plasmas
Jia Q
(2016)
Distinguishing Raman from strongly coupled Brillouin amplification for short pulses
in Physics of Plasmas
Lehmann G
(2016)
Transient Plasma Photonic Crystals for High-Power Lasers.
in Physical review letters
Edwards M
(2016)
Multipass relativistic high-order-harmonic generation for intense attosecond pulses
in Physical Review A
Zhu XL
(2016)
Dense GeV electron-positron pairs generated by lasers in near-critical-density plasmas.
in Nature communications
Sorokovikova A
(2016)
Generation of Superponderomotive Electrons in Multipicosecond Interactions of Kilojoule Laser Beams with Solid-Density Plasmas
in Physical Review Letters
Garasev M
(2016)
Impact of continuous particle injection on generation and decay of the magnetic field in collisionless shocks
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gong Z
(2016)
Radiation reaction induced spiral attractors in ultra-intense colliding laser beams
in Matter and Radiation at Extremes
| 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 |