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Past Events

LaserNetUS Town Hall for Cycle 7

Join the LaserNetUS Town Hall for Cycle 7 on November 14, 2024, to learn about submitting research proposals for the upcoming cycle, facility updates, and proposal tips. Engage with LaserNetUS leadership and explore new opportunities in high-power laser science. Registration is free.

Upcoming Events

LaserNetUS Open Office Hours Wednesdays for Cycle 7 Call for Proposals

LaserNetUS is hosting free, weekly virtual office hours via Zoom each Wednesday, 10-11 AM Pacific Time, through November 27, 2024. Join us with your questions for Cycle 7 Proposal Submissions!

Publications

Toward direct spatial and intensity characterization of ultra-high-intensity laser pulses using ponderomotive scattering of free electrons

A. Longman, S. Ravichandran, L. Manzo, C. Z. He, R. Lera, N. McLane, M. Huault, G. Tiscareno, D. Hanggi, P. Spingola, N. Czapla, R. L. Daskalova, L. Roso, R. Fedosejevs, W. T. Hill, III

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Study of a magnetically driven reconnection platform using ultrafast proton radiography

Abraham Chien, Lan Gao, Hantao Ji, Xiaoxia Yuan, Eric G. Blackman, Hui Chen, Philip C. Efthimion, Gennady Fiksel, Dustin H. Froula, Kenneth W. Hill, Kai Huang, Quanming Lu, John D. Moody, Philip M. Nilson

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Streaked sub-ps-resolution x-ray line shapes and implications for solid-density plasma dynamics (invited)

B. F. Kraus, Lan Gao, K. W. Hill, M. Bitter, P. C. Efthimion, R. Hollinger, Shoujun Wang, Huanyu Song, R. Nedbailo, J. J. Rocca, R. C. Mancini, C. B. Beatty, M. J. MacDonald, R. Shepherd

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Referenceless, grating-based, single shot X-ray phase contrast imaging with optimized laser-driven K-α sources

V. Bouffetier, G. Pérez-Callejo, D. Stutman, C. Stoeckl, I. A. Begishev, W. Theobald, T. Filkins, C. Mileham, L. Ceurvorst, S. R. Klein, T. Goudal, A. Casner, and M. P. Valdivia

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Pulse width dependence of magnetic field generation using laser-powered capacitor coils

Abraham Chien, Lan Gao, Shu Zhang, Hantao Ji, Eric Blackman, Hui Chen, Gennady Fiksel, Kenneth Hill, Philip Nilson

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Phase front retrieval and correction of Bessel beams

B. Miao, L. Feder, J. E. Shrock, and H. M. Milchberg

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Observation of laser ablation of silicon as a function of pulse length at constant fluence via time-resolved x-ray spectroscopy

T. R. Joshi, M. Bailly-Grandvaux, R. E. Turner, R. B. Spielman, J. E. Garay, F. N. Beg

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Meter-scale plasma waveguides for multi-GeV laser wakefield acceleration

J. E. Shrock; B. Miao; L. Feder; H. M. Milchberg

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High Power Commissioning of BELLA iP2 up to 17J

L. Obst-Huebl, K. Nakamura, S. Hakimi, J. T. De Chant, A. Jewell, B. Stassel, A. M. Snijders, A. J. Gonsalves, J. van Tilborg, Z. Eisentraut, Z. Harvey, L. Willingale, Cs. Toth, C. B. Schroeder, C. G. R. Geddes, E. Esarey

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Femtosecond multimodal imaging with a laser-driven X-ray source

Adam Doherty, Sylvain Fourmaux, Alberto Astolfo, Ralf Ziesche, Jonathan Wood, Oliver Finlay, Wiebe Stolp, Darren Batey, Ingo Manke, François Légaré, Matthieu Boone, Dan Symes, Zulfikar Najmudin, Marco Endrizzi, Alessandro Olivo & Silvia Cipiccia

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Design Optimization of Permanent-Magnet Based Compact Transport Systems for Laser-Driven Proton Beams

Jared T. De Chant, Kei Nakamura, Qing Ji, Lieselotte Obst-Huebl, Samuel K. Barber, Antoine M. Snijders, Thomas Schenkel, Jeroen van Tilborg, Cameron G.R. Geddes, Carl B. Schroeder, and Eric Esarey

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Benchmarking of hydrodynamic plasma waveguides for multi-GeV laser-driven electron acceleration

B. Miao, E. Rockafellow, J. E. Shrock, S. W. Hancock, D. Gordon, and H. M. Milchberg

Past Events

LaserNetUS Proposal Writing Workshop for Cycle 7

Join the LaserNetUS Proposal Writing Workshop on October 23, 2024, to learn best practices, explore new proposal submission features, and prepare for the Cycle 7 application process.

Publications

Laboratory evidence of the nonresonant streaming instability in the formation of quasiparallel collisionless shocks at high Alfvénic Mach number

S. Bolaños, M. J.-E. Manuel, M. Bailly-Grandvaux, A. S. Bogale, D. Caprioli, S. R. Klein, D. Michta, P. Tzeferacos, and F. N. Beg

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Laser pulse-length dependent ablation and shock generation in silicon at 5×1014 W/cm2 intensities

M. Bailly-Grandvaux, E. N. Hahn, T. R. Joshi, K. Werellapatha, T. Cordova, R. E. Turner, J. E. Garay, R. B. Spielman, J. K. Wicks, and F. N. Beg

Publications

Guided Mode Evolution and Ionization Injection in Meter-Scale Multi-GeV Laser Wakefield Accelerators

J. E. Shrock, E. Rockafellow, B. Miao, M. Le, R. C. Hollinger, S. Wang, A. J. Gonsalves, A. Picksley, J. J. Rocca, and H. M. Milchberg.

Annual Meetings

2024 LaserNetUS Meeting