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
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
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
A boost for laser fusion V. Tikhonchuk News & views, Nat. Phys. 20, #2 2024 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02379-8
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
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, 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