Multi-scale simulation of intense laser plasma interactions
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Physics
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ORCID iD |
| Roger Evans (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
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
(2015)
Self-consistent particle-in-cell simulations of fundamental and harmonic plasma radio emission mechanisms
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Tooley MP
(2017)
Towards Attosecond High-Energy Electron Bunches: Controlling Self-Injection in Laser-Wakefield Accelerators Through Plasma-Density Modulation.
in Physical review letters
Tresca O
(2015)
Spectral Modification of Shock Accelerated Ions Using a Hydrodynamically Shaped Gas Target.
in Physical review letters
Tsai H
(2015)
Compact tunable Compton x-ray source from laser-plasma accelerator and plasma mirror
in Physics of Plasmas
Turrell AE
(2015)
Ultrafast collisional ion heating by electrostatic shocks.
in Nature communications
Valenta P
(2020)
Polarity reversal of wakefields driven by ultrashort pulse laser.
in Physical review. E
Valenta P
(2021)
On the electromagnetic-electron rings originating from the interaction of high-power short-pulse laser and underdense plasma
in Physics of Plasmas
Valenta P
(2020)
Recoil effects on reflection from relativistic mirrors in laser plasmas
in Physics of Plasmas
Varin C
(2018)
Explicit formulation of second and third order optical nonlinearity in the FDTD framework
in Computer Physics Communications
Wang D
(2018)
Single-shot laser-induced damage threshold of free-standing nanometer-thin diamond-like carbon foils
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Wang P
(2021)
Super-Heavy Ions Acceleration Driven by Ultrashort Laser Pulses at Ultrahigh Intensity
in Physical Review X
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
Xiao K
(2018)
Multidimensional effects on proton acceleration using high-power intense laser pulses
in Physics of Plasmas
Yang S
(2017)
Energy shift between two relativistic laser pulses copropagating in plasmas
in Physical Review A
Younis D
(2022)
Generation of collimated vortex gamma-rays from intense Poincaré beam-plasma interaction
in Physics of Plasmas
Zhu X
(2022)
Bunched Proton Acceleration from a Laser-Irradiated Cone Target
in Physical Review Applied
Zhu X
(2019)
Single-Cycle Terawatt Twisted-Light Pulses at Midinfrared Wavelengths above 10 µ m
in Physical Review Applied
Zhu X
(2021)
Generation of 100-MeV Attosecond Electron Bunches with Terawatt Few-Cycle Laser Pulses
in Physical Review Applied
| 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 |