Intense Laser-Plasma Interactions: Experiment

Presentations

• Tracking Intense Flows of Energy Inside OMEGA EP Laser-Irradiated Metal Targets

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2012, 2:00 PM – Oct. 30, 2012, 2:12 PM

  Authors

  • P.M. Nilson

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics and Fusion Science Center, U. of Rochester

  • J.R. Davies

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics and Fusion Science Center, U. of Rochester

  • A.A. Solodov

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics and Fusion Science Center, U. of Rochester

  • R. Betti

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics and Fusion Science Center, U. of Rochester

  • D.D. Meyerhofer

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics and Fusion Science Center, U. of Rochester

  • G. Fiksel

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • C. Stoeckl

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • P.A. Jaanimagi

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • C. Mileham

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • W. Theobald

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • J.F. Myatt

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • D.H. Froula

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

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• Demonstration of short pulse laser heating of solid targets to temperatures of 600eV at depths exceeding 30$\mu $m using the Orion high power laser

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2012, 2:12 PM – Oct. 30, 2012, 2:24 PM

  Authors

  • L.M.R. Hobbs

    • AWE

  • D.J. Hoarty

    • AWE

  • P. Allan

    • AWE

  • C.R.D. Brown

    • AWE

  • M.P. Hill

    • AWE

  • S.F. James

    • AWE

  • R. Shepherd

    • LLNL

  • K.L. Lancaster

    • CLF

  • R.J. Gray

    • University of Strathcylde

  • E. Wagenaars

    • YPI

  • R.J. Dance

    • YPI

  • A.K. Rossall

    • YPI

  • O. Culfa

    • YPI

  • N.C. Woolsey

    • YPI

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• Specular reflectivity in high contrast relativistic laser-plasma interactions

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2012, 2:24 PM – Oct. 30, 2012, 2:36 PM

  Authors

  • G. Elijah Kemp

    • The Ohio State University, LLNL

  • Anthony Link

    • LLNL

  • Robert Fedosejevs

    • University of Alberta

  • Richard R. Freeman

    • The Ohio State University

  • Farhat N. Beg

    • UCSD

  • Hal Friesen

    • University of Alberta

  • Drew P. Higginson

    • UCSD, LLNL

  • Mike H. Key

    • LLNL

  • Harry S. McLean

    • LLNL

  • Prav Patel

    • LLNL

  • Yuan Ping

    • LLNL

  • Douglass W. Schumacher

    • The Ohio State University

  • Richard B. Stephens

    • General Atomics

  • Henry F. Tiedje

    • University of Alberta

  • Ying Y. Tsui

    • University of Alberta

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• Commissioning of the Orion Laser system

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2012, 2:36 PM – Oct. 30, 2012, 2:48 PM

  Authors

  • Steven James

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • Colin Brown

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • David Drew

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • Stuart Duffield

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • Stephen Elsemere

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • Jim Fyrth

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • Mark Girling

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • Edward Gumbrell

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • Matthew Hill

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • David Hillier

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • Nicholas Hopps

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • Michael Norman

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • Kevin Oades

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • James Palmer

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • Stefan Parker

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • Paul Treadwell

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • David Winter

    • AWE Aldermaston

  • David Hoarty

    • AWE Aldermaston

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• Generation of relativistic ions, electrons and positrons in high-intensity short-pulse laser-solid interactions

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2012, 2:48 PM – Oct. 30, 2012, 3:00 PM

  Authors

  • Matthew Hill

    • Plasma Physics Department, AWE, Reading, RG7 4PR, UK

  • Peter Allan

    • Plasma Physics Department, AWE, Reading, RG7 4PR, UK

  • Colin Brown

    • Plasma Physics Department, AWE, Reading, RG7 4PR, UK

  • Lauren Hobbs

    • Plasma Physics Department, AWE, Reading, RG7 4PR, UK

  • Steven James

    • Plasma Physics Department, AWE, Reading, RG7 4PR, UK

  • Kevin Oades

    • Plasma Physics Department, AWE, Reading, RG7 4PR, UK

  • David Hoarty

    • Plasma Physics Department, AWE, Reading, RG7 4PR, UK

  • Hui Chen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA

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• First electron-positron pair experiments using the Osaka LFEX laser

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2012, 3:00 PM – Oct. 30, 2012, 3:12 PM

  Authors

  • Hui Chen

    • LLNL

  • M. Nakai

    • ILE

  • Y. Sentoku

    • U. Reno

  • Y. Arikawa

    • ILE

  • H. Azechi

    • ILE

  • P. Beiersdorfer

    • LLNL

  • S. Fujioka

    • ILE

  • C. Keane

    • LLNL

  • S. Kojima

    • ILE

  • W. Goldstein

    • LLNL

  • T. Morita

    • LLNL

  • T. Nagai

    • ILE

  • H. Nishimura

    • ILE

  • T. Ozaki

    • NIFS

  • J. Park

    • LLNL

  • Y. Sakawa

    • ILE

  • H. Takabe

    • ILE

  • G.J. Williams

    • LLNL

  • Z. Zhang

    • ILE

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• Understanding laser-solid interactions at ultra-high intensities

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2012, 3:12 PM – Oct. 30, 2012, 3:24 PM

  Authors

  • C.D. Murphy

    • University of Edinburgh, UK

  • Ross Gray

    • University of Strathclyde, UK
    • University of Strathclyde

  • David Carroll

    • University of Strathclyde, UK
    • University of Strathclyde

  • David Maclellan

    • University of Strathclyde, UK
    • University of Strathclyde

  • Haydn Powell

    • University of Strathclyde, UK
    • University of Strathclyde

  • G.G. Scott

    • STFC / University of Strathclyde
    • University of Strathclyde, UK

  • Christopher Ridgers

    • University of Oxford
    • University of Oxford, UK

  • C.S. Brady

    • University of Warwick
    • University of Warwick, UK

  • D. Neely

    • STFC / University of Strathclyde
    • STFC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

  • J.S. Green

    • STFC
    • STFC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

  • N. Booth

    • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
    • STFC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

  • P. McKenna

    • University of Strathclyde
    • University of Strathclyde, UK

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• Multi-pulse laser drive to achieve higher laser-proton conversion efficiencies

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2012, 3:24 PM – Oct. 30, 2012, 3:36 PM

  Authors

  • J.S. Green

    • STFC
    • STFC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

  • Ceri Brenner

    • STFC

  • G.G. Scott

    • STFC / University of Strathclyde
    • University of Strathclyde, UK

  • P. McKenna

    • University of Strathclyde
    • University of Strathclyde, UK

  • D. Neely

    • STFC / University of Strathclyde
    • STFC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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• Transport material dependence and structure effects on high-charge proton beams

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2012, 3:36 PM – Oct. 30, 2012, 3:48 PM

  Authors

  • C. Mcguffey

    • UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA
    • UCSD

  • A. Link

    • LLNL, Livermore, CA, USA

  • D.C. Gautier

    • LANL, Los Alamos, NM, USA

  • J. Kim

    • UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA

  • S. Kerr

    • UA, Alberta, Canada

  • G.E. Kemp

    • OSU, Columbus, OH, USA

  • R. Madden

    • UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA

  • E.M. Giraldez

    • General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA

  • M.S. Wei

    • General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA

  • R.B. Stevens

    • General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA

  • M.E. Foord

    • LLNL, Livermore, CA, USA

  • H.S. McLean

    • LLNL, Livermore, CA, USA

  • P.K. Patel

    • LLNL, Livermore, CA, USA

  • F.N. Beg

    • UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA

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• Characterisation of the interaction of 40fs, 10J laser pulses with gases of atomic clusters

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2012, 3:48 PM – Oct. 30, 2012, 4:00 PM

  Authors

  • Daniel Symes

    • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

  • Stefan Olsson-Robbie

    • Imperial College London

  • Hugo Doyle

    • Oxford University

  • Hazel Lowe

    • Imperial College London

  • Chris Price

    • Imperial College London

  • Damien Bigourd

    • Imperial College London

  • Siddharth Patankar

    • Imperial College London

  • Katalin Mecseki

    • Imperial College London

  • N. Booth

    • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
    • STFC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

  • Robbie Scott

    • $^{A}$STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, UK
    • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

  • Alastair Moore

    • AWE plc, Aldermaston

  • M. Hohenberger

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics and Fusion Science Center, U. of Rochester

  • Rafael Rodriguez

    • Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

  • Edward Gumbrell

    • AWE plc, Aldermaston

  • Roland Smith

    • Imperial College London

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• Tracking the surface motion of nanometer-scale foils during interactions with ultra-intense laser pulses

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2012, 4:00 PM – Oct. 30, 2012, 4:12 PM

  Authors

  • Matthew Streeter

    • Imperial College London

  • Zulfikar Najmudin

    • Imperial College London

  • Steven Cousens

    • Queen's University Belfast

  • Brendan Dromey

    • Queen's University Belfast

  • Mark Yeung

    • Queen's University Belfast

  • Matt Zepf

    • Queen's University Belfast

  • Jianhui Bin

    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Muenchen

  • Christian Kreuzer

    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Muenchen

  • Wenjun Ma

    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Muenchen

  • J\"urgen Meyer-ter-Vehn

    • Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics
    • Max-Planck-Instituts fur Quantenoptik

  • J\"org Schreiber

    • Max-Planck-Instituts fur Quantenoptik

  • Peta Foster

    • Central Laser Facility

  • Rajeev Pattathil

    • Central Laser Facility

  • Christopher Spindloe

    • Central Laser Facility

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• A direct evidence of magnetic field induced lateral transport of fast electrons

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2012, 4:12 PM – Oct. 30, 2012, 4:24 PM

  Authors

  • Prashant Kumar Singh

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India

  • Gourab Chatterjee

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India

  • Amitava Adak

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India

  • Amit D. Lad

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India

  • Saima Ahmed

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India

  • Ravindra Kumar Gattamraju

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India

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• Mapping magnetic fields at near-solid-densities in laser-produced plasmas using a third-harmonic probe

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2012, 4:24 PM – Oct. 30, 2012, 4:36 PM

  Authors

  • Amit Lad

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India

  • Gourab Chatterjee

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India

  • Prashant K. Singh

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India

  • Amitava Adak

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India

  • P. Brijesh

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India

  • G. Ravindra Kumar

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India

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