News, articles, publications, and awarded experiments
on high intensity laser research.
Featured
News
Advancing LaserNetUS Science with Enhanced Diagnostics
Discover how LaserNetUS aims to revolutionize high-power laser science with cutting-edge diagnostics! Read the newly published Data and Diagnostics Workshop Report!
What is Collaborative Science? Benefits of Science Collaboration
Collaborative science is the only way to handle large scientific projects. Here are some definitions, types, and examples of collaborative science in practice.
Single-Shot Diagnosis of Electron Energy Evolution via Streaked Betatron X Rays in a Curved Laser Wakefield Accelerator
Y. Ma, J. A. Cardarelli, P. T. Campbell, S. Fourmaux, R. Fitzgarrald, M. D. Balcazar, A. F. Antoine, N. F. Beier, Q. Qian, A. E. Hussein, B. Kettle, S. R. Klein, K. Krushelnick, Y. F. Li, S. P. D. Mangles, G. Sarri, D. Seipt, V. Senthilkumaran, M. J. V. Streeter, L. Willingale, and A. G. R. Thomas.
Observation of Monoenergetic Electrons from Two-Pulse Ionization Injection in Quasilinear Laser Wakefields
M. W. von der Leyen, J. Holloway, Y. Ma, P. T. Campbell, R. Aboushelbaya, Q. Qian, A. F. Antoine, M. Balcazar, J. Cardarelli, Q. Feng, R. Fitzgarrald, B. X. Hou, G. Kalinchenko, J. Latham, A. M. Maksimchuk, A. McKelvey, J. Nees, I. Ouatu, R. W. Paddock, B. Spiers, A. G. R. Thomas, R. Timmis, K. Krushelnick, and P. A. Norreys.
Ultra-intense femtosecond laser interactions with aligned nanostructures
Jorge J. Rocca, Maria G. Capeluto, Reed C. Hollinger, Shoujun Wang, Yong Wang, G. Ravindra Kumar, Amit D. Lad, Alexander Pukhov,
AND Vyacheslav N. Shlyaptsev.
Differentiating multi‐MeV, multi‐ion spectra with CR‐39 solid‐state nuclear track detectors
M. S. Schollmeier, J. J. Bekx, J. Hartmann, E. Schork, M. Speicher, A. F. Brodersen, A. Fazzini, P. Fischer, E. Gaul, B. Gonzalez‐Izquierdo, M. M. Günther, A. K. Härle, R. Hollinger, K. Kenney, J. Park, D. E. Rivas, V. Scutelnic, Z. Shpilman, S. Wang, J. J. Rocca, and G. Korn.
Flexible tape-drive target system for secondary high-intensity laser-driven sources
G. Zeraouli, D. A. Mariscal, R. Hollinger, S. Zahedpour Anaraki, E. N. Folsom, E. Grace, D. Rusby, M. P. Hill, G. J. Williams, G. G. Scott, B. Sullivan, S. Wang, J. King, K. K. Swanson, R. A. Simpson, B. Z. Djordjevic, S. Andrews, R. Costa, B. Cauble, F. Albert, J. J. Rocca, and T. Ma (2023).
X-ray Free Electron Lasers: What Are They and How Do They Work?
X-ray lasers allow scientists to observe ultrafast chemical reactions and behavior of atoms in real-time. Read more to learn about this amazing technology!
The acceleration of a high-charge electron bunch to 10 GeV in a 10-cm nanoparticle-assisted wakefield accelerator
Constantin Aniculaesei, Thanh Ha, Samuel Yoffe, Lance Labun, Stephen Milton, Edward McCary, Michael M. Spinks, Hernan J. Quevedo, Ou Z. Labun, Ritwik Sain, Andrea Hannasch, Rafal Zgadzaj, Isabella Pagano, Jose A. Franco-Altamirano, Martin L. Ringuette, Erhart Gaul, Scott V. Luedtke, Ganesh Tiwari, Bernhard Ersfeld, Enrico Brunetti, Hartmut Ruhl, Todd Ditmire, Sandra Bruce, Michael E. Donovan, Michael C. Downer, Dino A. Jaroszynski, Bjorn Manuel Hegelich
Nanoscale reshaping of resonant dielectric microstructures by light-driven explosions
Maxim R. Shcherbakov, Giovanni Sartorello, Simin Zhang, Joshua Bocanegra, Melissa Bosch, Michael Tripepi, Noah Talisa, Abdallah AlShafey, Joseph Smith, Stephen Londo, François Légaré, Enam Chowdhury, and Gennady Shvets (2023).
This prestigious recognition is a testament to his outstanding contributions to research, business, education, engineering, and dedicated service to Optica and our global community.
Ambient-temperature liquid jet targets for high-repetition-rate HED discovery science
F. Treffert, G.D. Glenn, H.-G.J. Chou, C. Crissman, C.B. Curry, D.P. DePonte, F. Fiuza, N.J. Hartley, B. Ofori-Okai, M. Roth, S.H. Glenzer, and M. Gauthier (2022).
Compact Spectral Characterization of 5-500 MeV X-rays from the Texas Petawatt Laser-Driven Plasma Accelerator
A. Hannasch, L. Lisi, J. Brooks, X. Cheng, A. Laso Garcia, M. LaBerge, I. Pagano, B. Bowers, R. Zgadzaj, H.J. Quevedo, M. Spinks, M.E. Donovan, T. Cowan, and M.C. Downer (2021).
High-repetition-rate, multi-MeV deuteron acceleration from converging heavy water microjets at laser intensities of 10^21 W/cm^2
F. Treffert, C. B. Curry, H.-G. J. Chou, C. J. Crissman, D. P. DePonte, F. Fiuza, G. D. Glenn, R. C. Hollinger, R. Nedbailo, J. Park, C. Schoenwaelder, H. Song, S. Wang, J. J. Rocca, M. Roth, S. H. Glenzer, and M. Gauthier (2022).