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
Qu K
(2017)
Plasma q-plate for generation and manipulation of intense optical vortices.
in Physical review. E
Qu K
(2019)
Creating localized plasma waves by ionization of doped semiconductors
in Physical Review E
Rafighi I
(2017)
Plasma effects on relativistic pair beams from TeV blazars: PIC simulations and analytical predictions
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ratcliffe H
(2017)
Self-consistent formation of a 0.5 cyclotron frequency gap in magnetospheric whistler mode waves
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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
Rinderknecht H
(2021)
Relativistically transparent magnetic filaments: scaling laws, initial results and prospects for strong-field QED studies
in New Journal of Physics
Sadler J
(2020)
Overcoming the dephasing limit in multiple-pulse laser wakefield acceleration
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Sahai A
(2018)
Quasimonoenergetic laser plasma positron accelerator using particle-shower plasma-wave interactions
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Sangwan D
(2019)
Simulations of carbon ion acceleration by 10 PW laser pulses on ELI-NP
in Laser and Particle Beams
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
Scott G
(2017)
Diagnosis of Weibel instability evolution in the rear surface density scale lengths of laser solid interactions via proton acceleration
in New Journal of Physics
Scott GG
(2018)
Dual Ion Species Plasma Expansion from Isotopically Layered Cryogenic Targets.
in Physical review letters
Scott R
(2020)
Electron trapping and reinjection in prepulse-shaped gas targets for laser-plasma accelerators
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Senstius M
(2022)
Absolute parametric decay instabilities of X2 microwave beams in reduced models and fully kinetic codes
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Senstius MG
(2022)
A radiometer to diagnose parametric instabilities during linear excitation of electron Bernstein waves in the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) Upgrade.
in The Review of scientific instruments
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
Shi Y
(2021)
Electron Acceleration Using Twisted Laser Wavefronts
Shi Y
(2021)
Electron acceleration using twisted laser wavefronts
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Shi Y
(2023)
Twisted plasma waves driven by twisted ponderomotive force
in JUSTC
Shi Y
(2022)
Electron pulse train accelerated by a linearly polarized Laguerre-Gaussian laser beam
in High Power Laser Science and Engineering
Siminos E
(2016)
Modeling ultrafast shadowgraphy in laser-plasma interaction experiments
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Siminos E
(2017)
Kinetic and finite ion mass effects on the transition to relativistic self-induced transparency in laser-driven ion acceleration
in New Journal of Physics
Siminos E.
(2015)
Modeling few-cycle shadowgraphy of laser-wakefield accelerators
in 42nd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2015
Skender M
(2014)
Whistler wave generation by non-gyrotropic, relativistic, electron beams
in Physics of Plasmas
Smith J
(2021)
A particle-in-cell code comparison for ion acceleration: EPOCH, LSP, and WarpX
in Physics of Plasmas
Sorokovikova A
(2016)
Generation of Superponderomotive Electrons in Multipicosecond Interactions of Kilojoule Laser Beams with Solid-Density Plasmas.
in Physical review letters
Spencer S
(2020)
Inflationary stimulated Raman scattering in shock-ignition plasmas
in Physics of Plasmas
Stark DJ
(2016)
Enhanced Multi-MeV Photon Emission by a Laser-Driven Electron Beam in a Self-Generated Magnetic Field.
in Physical review letters
Stark DJ
(2015)
Relativistic Plasma Polarizer: Impact of Temperature Anisotropy on Relativistic Transparency.
in Physical review letters
Sävert A
(2015)
Direct Observation of the Injection Dynamics of a Laser Wakefield Accelerator Using Few-Femtosecond Shadowgraphy.
in Physical review letters
Tang YH
(2019)
Deflection of a reflected intense circularly polarized light beam induced by asymmetric radiation pressure.
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
Thurgood J
(2015)
Self-consistent particle-in-cell simulations of fundamental and harmonic plasma radio emission mechanisms
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Toncian T
(2016)
Non-Maxwellian electron distributions resulting from direct laser acceleration in near-critical plasmas
in Matter and Radiation at Extremes
Tooley MP
(2017)
Towards Attosecond High-Energy Electron Bunches: Controlling Self-Injection in Laser-Wakefield Accelerators Through Plasma-Density Modulation.
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 |