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 |
A boost for laser fusion | V. Tikhonchuk | News & views, Nat. Phys. 20, #2 | 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02379-8 |
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 |
Univocal Discrimination of Alpha Particles Produced by 11B (p,alpha)2alpha Fusions in Laser-Matter Experiments by Advanced Thomson Spectrometry | M. Salvadori, M. Scisciò, G. Di Giorgio, M. Cipriani, P.L. Andreoli, G. Cristofari, R. De Angelis, D. Giulietti, F. Consoli | Laser and Particle Beams 2023, 831712 (2023) | 2023 | https://doi.org/ 10.1155/2023/7831712 |
High-Sensitivity Thomson Spectrometry in Experiments of Laser-Driven Low-Rate NeutronLess Fusion Reactions | M. Scisciò, G. Di Giorgio, P. L. Andreoli, M. Cipriani, G. Cristofari, R. De Angelis, M. Salvadori, G. A. P. Cirrone, L. Giuffrida, D. Margarone, G. Milluzzo, G. Petringa, F. Consoli | Laser and Particle Beams 2023, 3531875 (2023) | 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/3531875 |
Numerical Study of Carbon Nanofoam Targets for Laser-Driven Inertial Fusion Experiments | A Maffini, M. Cipriani, D. Orecchia, V. Ciardiello, A. Formenti, F. Consoli, and M. Passoni | Laser and Particle Beams 2023, 1214430 | 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/1214430 |
Toward more robust ignition of inertial fusion targets | J. J. Lee; R. T. Ruskov; H. Martin; S. Hughes; M. W. von der Layen; R. W. Paddock; R. Timmis; I. Ouatu; Q. S. Feng; S. Howard; E. Atonga; R. Aboushelbaya; T. D. Arber; R. Bingham and P. A. Norreys | Phys. Plasmas 30, 022702 (2023) | 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0120732 |
Future for Inertial Fusion Energy in Europe: A roadmap | D. Batani, A. Colaıtis, F. Consoli, C. N. Danson, L. A. Gizzi, J. J. Honrubia, T. Kühl, S. Le Pape, J.-L. Miquel, J. M. Perlado, R. H. H. Scott, M. Tatarakis, V. Tikhonchuk and L. Volpe | High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 11, e83 | 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2023.80 |
Experimental investigation of the interplay between optical and plasma smoothing induced on a Laser Mégajoule beamline | S. Depierreux, D. Pesme, R. Wrobel, D. T. Michel, P.-E. Masson-Laborde, G. Riazuelo, E. Alozy, N. Borisenko, A. Orekhov, M. Casanova, A. Casner, M. Grech, A. Heron, S. Huller, P. Loiseau, C. Meyer, P. Nicolaï, C. Riconda, V. Tikhonchuk, C. Labaune | Phys. Rev. Res. 5, 043060 | 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.043060 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Breakthrough at the National Ignition Facility paves the way to inertial fusion energy | S. Atzeni, D. Batani, C. N. Danson, L. A. Gizzi, S. Le Pape, J-L. Miquel, M. Perlado, R.H.H. Scott, M. Tatarakis, V. Tikhonchuk, L. Volpe | Europhys. News 53, n°1, 18 | 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2022106 |
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 |
An evaluation of sustainability and societal impact of high-power laser and fusion technologies: a case for a new European research infrastructure | S. Atzeni, D. Batani, C. N. Danson, L. A. Gizzi, M. Perlado, M. Tatarakis, V. Tikhonchuk, L. Volpe | High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 9, e52 | 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2021.41 |
Preliminary results from the LMJ-PETAL experiment on hot electrons characterization in the context of Shock Ignition | S. D. Baton, A. Colaïtis, C. Rousseaux, G. Boutoux, S. Brygoo, L. Jacquet, M. Koenig, D. Batani, A. Casner, E. Le Bel, D. Raffestin, V. Tikhonchuk, J. Trela, C. Reverdin, L. Le-Deroff, W. Theobald, G. Cristoforetti, L. A. Gizzi, P. Koester, L. Labate, K. Shigemori | High Energy Density Phys. 36, 100796 | 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2020.100796 |
Progress and opportunities for the Inertial Fusion Energy in Europe | V. T. Tikhonchuk | Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 378, 2184 | 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0013 |
Physics of laser plasma interaction and particle transport in the context of inertial confinement fusion | V.T. Tikhonchuk | Nuclear Fusion 59, 032001 | 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aab21a |