High-intensity Laser-plasma Interactions

Presentations

• Absorption of high-contrast, intense short laser pulses on solids

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 2:00 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 2:12 PM

  Authors

  • Andreas Kemp

    • LLNL

  • Laurent Divol

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• Simulations of High Intensity Short Pulse Lasers Incident on Reduced Mass Targets Using LSP

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 2:12 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 2:24 PM

  Authors

  • Frank W. King

    • The Ohio State University

  • Chris Orban

    • The Ohio State University

  • Kramer U. Akli

    • The Ohio State University

  • Douglass Schumacher

    • The Ohio State University

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• Simulation of Laser Pulse Driven Terahertz Generation in Inhomogeneous Plasmas

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 2:24 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 2:36 PM

  Authors

  • Chenlong Miao

    • University of Maryland

  • John Palastro

    • Icarus Research, Bethesda, Maryland

  • T.M. Antonsen

    • University of Maryland
    • University Of Maryland College Park

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• Temperature Measurements of Fusion Plasmas Produced by Laser-Irradiated D$_{2}-^{3}$He or CD$_{4}-^{3}$He Clustering Gases

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 2:36 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 2:48 PM

  Authors

  • W. Bang

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • T. Ditmire

    • UT Austin

  • H. Quevedo

    • UT Austin

  • G. Dyer

    • UT Austin

  • A.C. Bernstein

    • UT Austin

  • M. Donovan

    • UT Austin

  • E. Gaul

    • UT Austin

  • M. Barbui

    • Texas A\&M

  • A. Bonasera

    • Texas A\&M

  • K. Hagel

    • Texas A\&M

  • J.B. Natowitz

    • Texas A\&M

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• Measurements of Surface Magnetic Fields Driven by Refluxing Electrons in OMEGA EP Experiments

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 2:48 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 3:00 PM

  Authors

  • A. Davies

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • D. Haberberger

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • A.A. Solodov

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • D.H. Froula

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • L. Ceurvorst

    • U. of Oxford

  • P.A. Norreys

    • U. of Oxford and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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• OMEGA EP OPAL: A Path to a 100-PW Laser System

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 3:00 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 3:12 PM

  Authors

  • David Meyerhofer

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester
    • University of Rochester

  • S.-W. Bahk

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • J. Bromage

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • D.H. Froula

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • D. Haberberger

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • S.X. Hu

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • B.E. Kruschwitz

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • R.L. McCrory

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • J.F. Myatt

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • P.M. Nilson

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • J.B. Oliver

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • C. Stoeckl

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • W. Theobald

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • L.J. Waxer

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • J.D. Zuegel

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

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• Ultra-intense Pair Creation using the Texas Petawatt Laser and Applications

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 3:12 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 3:24 PM

  Authors

  • Edison Liang

    • Rice University

  • Alexander Henderson

    • Rice University

  • Taylor Clarke

    • Rice University

  • Willie Lo

    • Rice University

  • Petr Chaguine

    • Rice University

  • Gilliss Dyer

    • University of Texas at Austin
    • University of Texas, Austin

  • Nathan Riley

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Kristina Serratto

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Michael Donovan

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Todd Ditmire

    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Absorption of ultra-intense intense laser pulse in self-generated pair plasma

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 3:24 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 3:36 PM

  Authors

  • Thomas Grismayer

    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fus\~ao Nuclear, Instituto Superior T\'ecnico, Universidade de

  • Marija Vranic

    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

  • Ricardo Fonseca

    • DCTI/ISCTE Lisbon University Institute, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal

  • Luis Silva

    • GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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• The Scaling of Positron Production in Intense Laser-Solid Interactions

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 3:36 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 3:48 PM

  Authors

  • Hui Chen

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • A. Link

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • F. Fiuza

    • LLNL

  • A. Hazi

    • LLNL

  • S.R. Nagel

    • LLNL

  • J. Park

    • LLNL

  • R. Tommasini

    • LLNL

  • G.J. Williams

    • LLNL

  • Y. Sentoku

    • U. Reno Nevada

  • D.D. Meyerhofer

    • LLE

  • J.F. Myatt

    • LLE

  • P. Audebert

    • LULI

  • R. Fedosejevs

    • U. Alberta

  • S. Kerr

    • U. Alberta

  • M. Hill

    • AWE

  • D. Hoarty

    • AWE

  • L. Hobbs

    • AWE

  • S. James

    • AWE

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• Investigating ultra-fast phenomena in laser-plasma interactions using DIXI (dilation x-ray imager)

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 3:48 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 4:00 PM

  Authors

  • S.R. Nagel

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL

  • H. Chen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • M.E. Foord

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • P.M. Bell

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • D.K. Bradley

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • A.U. Hazi

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • E.V. Marley

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • J. Park

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • G.J. Williams

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • S.M. Kerr

    • University of Alberta

  • T.J. Hilsabeck

    • General Atomics

  • J.D. Kilkenny

    • General Atomics

  • A.K.L. Dymoke-Bradshaw

    • Kentech Instruments Ltd.

  • J.D. Hares

    • Kentech Instruments Ltd.

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• Proton probing of a relativistic laser interaction with near-critical plasma

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 4:00 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 4:12 PM

  Authors

  • Louise Willingale

    • University of Michigan

  • C. Zulick

    • University of Michigan

  • A.G.R. Thomas

    • University of Michigan

  • A. Maksimchuk

    • University of Michigan

  • K. Krushelnick

    • University of Michigan

  • P.M. Nilson

    • LLE

  • C. Stoeckl

    • LLE

  • T.C. Sangster

    • LLE

  • W. Nazarov

    • University of St Andrews

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• Investigation of collective electron dynamics in relativistically transparent laser-foil interactions

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 4:12 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 4:24 PM

  Authors

  • Ross Gray

    • University of Strathclyde

  • David MacLellan

    • University of Strathclyde

  • Bruno Gonzalez-Izquierdo

    • University of Strathclyde

  • Haydn Powell

    • University of Strathclyde

  • David Carroll

    • Central Laser Facility

  • Christopher Murphy

    • University of Edinburgh

  • Luca Stockhausen

    • CLPU

  • Dean Rusby

    • Central Laser Facility

  • Graeme Scott

    • Central Laser Facility

  • Robbie Wilson

    • University of Strathclyde

  • Nicola Booth

    • Central Laser Facility

  • Dan Symes

    • Central Laser Facility

  • Steve Hawkes

    • Central Laser Facility

  • Ricardo Torres

    • CLPU

  • Marco Borghesi

    • Queen University Belfast

  • David Neely

    • Central Laser Facility

  • Paul McKenna

    • University of Strathclyde

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• The Effect of Pre-formed Plasmas on Relativistic Electron Acceleration

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 4:24 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 4:36 PM

  Authors

  • J.-B. Park

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and UC Davis, Dept of Applied Science
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Laurent Divol

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Hui Chen

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • S.R. Nagel

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL

  • G. Jackson Williams

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and UC Davis, Dept of Applied Science

  • Shaun Kerr

    • Univ. of Alberta, Canada

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• Investigation of time-resolved fast electron dynamics in ultra-intense laser-solid interactions

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2014, 4:36 PM – Oct. 30, 2014, 4:48 PM

  Authors

  • James Green

    • Central Laser Facility, STFC

  • Alex Robinson

    • Central Laser Facility, STFC

  • Dean Rusby

    • Central Laser Facility, STFC

  • Lucy Wilson

    • Central Laser Facility, STFC

  • Chris Murphy

    • University of Edinburgh

  • Rachel Dance

    • University of Strathclyde

  • Ross Gray

    • University of Strathclyde

  • David MacLellan

    • University of Strathclyde

  • Paul McKenna

    • University of Strathclyde

  • Chris Ridgers

    • University of York

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