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
Lehmann G
(2022)
Reflection and transmission properties of a finite-length electron plasma grating
in Matter and Radiation at Extremes
Lehmann G
(2023)
Formation and properties of spatially inhomogeneous plasma density gratings
in Physical Review E
Lehmann G
(2018)
Plasma-based polarizer and waveplate at large laser intensity.
in Physical review. E
Li R
(2021)
Nanoscale Electrostatic Modulation of Mega-Ampere Electron Current in Solid-Density Plasmas.
in Physical review letters
Lin J
(2019)
Adaptive control of laser-wakefield accelerators driven by mid-IR laser pulses.
in Optics express
Longman A
(2021)
Kilo-Tesla axial magnetic field generation with high intensity spin and orbital angular momentum beams
in Physical Review Research
Ma Y
(2020)
Polarization-Dependent Self-Injection by Above Threshold Ionization Heating in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator.
in Physical review letters
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
McIlvenny A
(2021)
Selective Ion Acceleration by Intense Radiation Pressure
in Physical Review Letters
Morris S
(2021)
Highly efficient conversion of laser energy to hard x-rays in high-intensity laser-solid simulations
in Physics of Plasmas
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
Qu K
(2019)
Creating localized plasma waves by ionization of doped semiconductors.
in Physical review. E
Qu K
(2017)
Plasma q-plate for generation and manipulation of intense optical vortices.
in Physical review. E
Sadler J
(2020)
Overcoming the dephasing limit in multiple-pulse laser wakefield acceleration
in Physical Review Accelerators and 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
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
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
Skender M
(2014)
Whistler wave generation by non-gyrotropic, relativistic, electron beams
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
(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 |