Publications - Laser-driven ICF/IFE

Title Author Reference Year Url / DOI
Breakthrough at the NIF Paves the way to Inertial Fusion Energy S. Atzeni et al. EuroPhysics News 53/1, 18-22 2022 https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2022106
In-Target Proton–Boron Nuclear Fusion Using a PW-Class Laser Daniele Margarone , Julien Bonvalet, Lorenzo Giuffrida, Alessio Morace, Vasiliki Kantarelou, Marco Tosca, Didier Raffestin, Philippe Nicolai, Antonino Picciotto, Yuki Abe, Yasunobu Arikawa, Shinsuke Fujioka, Yuji Fukuda, Yasuhiro Kuramitsu, Hideaki Habara and Dimitri Batani Appl. Sci. 12, 1444 2022 https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031444
An evaluation of sustainability and societal impact of high power laser and fusion technologies: a case for a new European research infrastructure S. Atzeni et al. High Power Laser Science and Engineering 9, e52 2021 https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2021.41
Evidence for suprathermal ion distribution in burning plasmas Hartouni, E.P., Moore, A.S., Crilly, A.J. et al. Nat. Phys. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01809-3
Impact of strong magnetization in cylindrical plasma implosions with applied b-field measured via x-ray emission spectroscopy M. Bailly-Grandvaux, R. Florido, C. A. Walsh, G. Perez-Callejo, F. N. Beg, P. Bradford, M. A. Gigosos, R. C. Mancini, C. McGuffey, F. Suzuki-Vidal, C. Vlachos, and J. J. Santos Phys. Rev. Res., vol. 6, p.L012018 2024 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L012018
Efficient Magnetic Vortex Acceleration by femtosecond laser interaction with long living optically shaped gas targets in the near critical density plasma regime Tazes I et al. Scientific Reports 14, no. 1 2024 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54475-1
Characterization of bright betatron radiation generated by direct laser acceleration of electrons in plasma of near critical density, Matter Radiat J. Cikhardt; M. Gyrdymov; S. Zähter; P. Tavana; M. M. Günther; N. Bukharskii; N. Borisenko; J. Jacoby; X. F. Shen; A. Pukhov; N. E. Andreev; O. N. Rosmej Matter Radiat. Extremes 9, 027201 2024 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0181119
Ultra-high efficiency bremsstrahlung production in the interaction of direct laser-accelerated electrons with high-Z material P. Tavana, N. Bukharskii, M. Gyrdymov, U. Spillmann, Ş. Zähter, J. Cikhardt, N. G. Borisenko, Ph. Korneev, J. Jacoby, C. Spielmann, N. E. Andreev, M. M. Günther and O. N. Rosmej Front. Phys. 11:1178967 2023 https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2023.1178967
Design, manufacturing, evaluation, and performance of a 3D-printed, custom-made nozzle for laser wakefield acceleration experiments Andrianaki G., et al Review of Scientific Instruments 94, no. 10 2023 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0169623
Efficient plasma electron accelerator driven by linearly chirped multi-10-TW laser pulses Grigoriadis A et al. Scientific Reports 13, no. 1 2023 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28755-1
Investigation on the origin of hot electrons in laser plasma interaction at shock ignition intensities G. Cristoforetti, F.Baffigi, D. Batani, R. Dudzak, R. Fedosejevs, E.D. Filippov, P. Gajdos, L. Juha, M. Khan, P. Koester, M. Krus, D. Mancelli, A.S. Martynenko, Ph. Nicolai, S.A. Pikuz, O. Renner, A.Tentori, L. Volpe, N. Woolsey, G. Zeraouli, and L. Gizzi Sci Rep 13, 20681 2023 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46189-7
Characterization of hot electrons generated by laser–plasma interaction at shock ignition intensities E. D. Filippov, M. Khan, A. Tentori, P. Gajdos, A. S. Martynenko, R. Dudzak, P. Koester, G. Zeraouli, D. Mancelli, F. Baffigi, L. A. Gizzi, S. A. Pikuz, Ph.D. Nicolaï, N. C. Woolsey, R. Fedosejevs, M. Krus, L. Juha, D. Batani, O. Renner, G. Cristoforetti Matter Radiat. Extremes, 8 (6): 065602 2023 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0157168
An angular-resolved scattered-light diagnostic for laser-plasma instability studies X. Zhao, X. H. Yuan, J. Zheng, Y. F. Dong, K. Glize, Y. H. Zhang, Z. Zhang, J. Zhang Rev. Sci. Instrum, 93 (5): 053505 2022 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0090841
A Computational Study on the Optical Shaping of Gas Targets via Blast Wave Collisions for Magnetic Vortex Acceleration Tazes I et al. High Power Laser Science and Engineering 10, e31 2022 https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2022.16
Exploring extreme magnetization phenomena in directly driven imploding cylindrical targets C. A. Walsh, R. Florido, M. Bailly-Grandvaux, F. Suzuki-Vidal, J. P. Chittenden, A. J. Crilly, M. A. Gigosos, R. C. Mancini, G. Pérez-Callejo, C. Vlachos, C. McGuffey, F. N. Beg, and J. J. Santos Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 64, 025007 2022 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ac3f25
Cylindrical implosion platform for the study of highly magnetized plasmas at Laser MegaJoule G. Pérez-Callejo, C. Vlachos, C. A. Walsh, R. Florido, M. Bailly-Grandvaux, X. Vaisseau, F. Suzuki-Vidal, C. McGuffey, F. N. Beg, P. Bradford, V. Ospina-Bohórquez, D. Batani, D. Raffestin, A. Colaïtis, V. Tikhonchuk, A. Casner, M. Koenig, B. Albertazzi, R. Fedosejevs, N. Woolsey, M. Ehret, A. Debayle, P. Loiseau, A. Calisti, S. Ferri, J. Honrubia, R. Kingham, R. C. Mancini, M. A. Gigosos, and J. J. Santos Phys. Rev. E 106, 035206 2022 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.035206