Laser-Plasma Ion Acceleration

Presentations

• High-Repetition-Rate Proton Acceleration Above 20 MeV from a Liquid Microjet at L3-HAPLS

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 2:12 PM

  Publication: Treffert, F., et al, Physics of Plasmas 29, 123105 (2022).
  Loughran, B., et al, High Power Laser Science and Engineering 11, e35 (2023).
  Streeter, M.J.V., et al. Stable laser-acceleration of high-flux proton beams with plasma collimation. Nat Commun 16, 1004 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Maxence Gauthier

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  Authors

  • Maxence Gauthier

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Griffin D Glenn

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Girik Jain

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Stefano Faubel

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Charlotte A Palmer

    • Queen's University Belfast

  • Peter Parsons

    • Queen's University Belfast

  • James Weeks

    • Queen's University Belfast

  • Stefan Popa

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

  • Daniel Ursescu

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

  • Raz H Levi

    • Tel Aviv University

  • Milenko Vescovi

    • Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

  • Martin Rehwald

    • HZDR

  • Siegfried H Glenzer

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Lorenzo Guiffrida

    • ELI Beamlines

  • Filip Grepl

    • ELI Beamlines

  • Francesco Schillaci

    • ELI Beamlines

  • Andriy Velyhan

    • ELI Beamlines

  • Maksym Tyrus

    • ELI Beamlines

  • Helena Lefebvre

    • ELI Beamlines

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• Improved Energy Scaling and Coupling in High-Repetition Laser-Driven Proton Acceleration

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:12 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Girik Jain

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  Authors

  • Girik Jain

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Griffin D Glenn

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Stefano Faubel

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Charlotte A Palmer

    • Queen's University Belfast

  • Peter Parsons

    • Queen's University Belfast

  • James Weeks

    • Queen's University Belfast

  • Stefan Popa

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

  • Daniel Ursescu

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

  • Raz H Levi

    • Tel Aviv University

  • Milenko Vescovi

    • Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

  • Martin Rehwald

    • HZDR

  • Filip Grepl

    • ELI Beamlines

  • Lorenzo Guiffrida

    • ELI Beamlines

  • Francesco Schillaci

    • ELI Beamlines

  • Andriy Velyhan

    • ELI Beamlines

  • Maksym Tyrus

    • ELI Beamlines

  • Helena Lefebvre

    • ELI Beamlines

  • Maxence Gauthier

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Siegfried H Glenzer

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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• Proton acceleration from relativistically transparent solid targets at 400 nm

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:24 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Joshua Donovan Lewis

    • University of California, Irvine

  Authors

  • Joshua Donovan Lewis

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Victor Flores

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Christopher Gardner

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Hunter G Allison

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Nicholas F Beier

    • University of Alberta

  • Shubho Mohajan

    • Univ of Alberta

  • Liam Droog

    • University of Alberta

  • Ester Kriz

    • McGill University

  • Kirk A Flippo

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Lan Gao

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Stephanie B Hansen

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Kenneth Wayne Hill

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Reed C Hollinger

    • Colorado State University

  • Shoujun Wang

    • Colorado State University

  • Jim King

    • Colorado State University

  • Sina Zahedpour Anaraki

    • Colorado State University

  • Ghassan Zeraouli

    • Colorado State University

  • Vigneshvar Senthilkumaran

    • University of Alberta

  • Ronnie Lee Shepherd

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Vyacheslav N Shlyaptsev

    • Colorado State University

  • Jorge J Rocca

    • Colorado State University

  • Amina E Hussein

    • Univ of Alberta

  • Franklin J Dollar

    • University of California, Irvine

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• High-flux ion acceleration in structured foam targets

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:36 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 2:48 PM

  Publication: Laser-driven designer two-photon 3D printed microstructures generate high-energy ion beams

  Presenters

  • Joshua Luoma

    • Cornell University

  Authors

  • Joshua Luoma

    • Cornell University

  • Andreas J Kemp

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Gennady Shvets

    • Cornell University

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• Ultra-Low Density Foam Targets for Enhanced Laser-Plasma Proton Acceleration

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:48 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:00 PM

  Publication: Development of Ultra-Low Density Foam Targets for Enhanced Laser-Plasma Proton Acceleration, A. Măgureanu, G. Dorcioman, P. Garoi, S.A. Irimiciuc, R. Udrea, P.-G. Bleotu, A. Zubarev, C. Jalbă, C. Gheorghiu, D.G. Ghiţă, B. Diaconescu, V. Crăciun, D. Ursescu, C.M. Ticoş, in preparation

  Presenters

  • Catalin M Ticos

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

  Authors

  • Catalin M Ticos

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

  • Alexandru Magureanu

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

  • Gabriela Dorcioman

    • National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR)

  • Petronela Garoi

    • National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR)

  • Stefan A Irimiciuc

    • National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR)

  • Radu Udrea

    • National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR)

  • Gabriel Bleotu

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

  • Alexei Zubarev

    • National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR)

  • Cosmin Jalba

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

  • Dan G Ghita

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

  • Bogdan Diaconescu

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

  • Cristina Gheorghiu

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

  • Valentine Craciun

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

  • Daniel Ursescu

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

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• Relativistically-Transparent Magnetic Filament Experiments at the BELLA iP2 Petawatt Laser

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Matthew Albert VanDusen-Gross

    • University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  Authors

  • Matthew Albert VanDusen-Gross

    • University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Soham Banerjee

    • University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Veronica Contreras

    • University of Michigan

  • Lulu Russell

    • MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center

  • Aodhan McIlvenny

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Lieselotte Obst-Huebl

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Jan-Patrick Schwinkendorf

    • European XFEL

  • Kale Weichman

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Louise Willingale

    • University of Michigan

  • Hans G Rinderknecht

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    • University of Rochester

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• Laser Wavelength Dependence of Electron and Ion Acceleration Mechanisms in High Intensity Laser-Solid Density Plasma Interactions

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:12 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Scott C Wilks

    • Larence Livermore National Laboratory/North Wind
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Scott C Wilks

    • Larence Livermore National Laboratory/North Wind
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Andreas J Kemp

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Dean R Rusby

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Jackson G Williams

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Thomas Spinka

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lbaoratory

  • Brendan Reagan

    • Colorado State University

  • Vincent Tang

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Tammy Ma

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• Medical Radioisotope Production with Laser-driven high-repetition-rate proton sources

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:24 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Matthew Ricks

  Authors

  • Matthew Ricks

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• 20-Dimensional surrogate-assisted Bayesian optimization of laser-driven proton beams

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:36 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:48 PM

  Publication: Elias Catrix, Sylvain Fourmaux, Simon Vallières, François Bianchi, François Fillion-Gourdeau, Joël Maltais, Steve MacLean, Patrizio Antici; 20-dimensional surrogate-assisted Bayesian optimization of laser-driven proton beams. Appl. Phys. Lett. 23 June 2025; 126 (25): 254104. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0272789

  Presenters

  • Elias Catrix

    • Institut national de la recherche scientifique

  Authors

  • Elias Catrix

    • Institut national de la recherche scientifique

  • Sylvain Fourmaux

    • INRS, Energy Materials and Telecommunications

  • Simon Vallières

    • INRS, Energy Materials and Telecommunications

  • François Bianchi

    • Institut national de la recherche scientifique

  • François Fillion-Gourdeau

    • Infinite Potential Laboratories

  • Joël Maltais

    • Institut national de la recherche scientifique

  • Steve MacLean

    • Infinite Potential Laboratories

  • Patrizio Antici

    • INRS - Energie et Materiaux

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• Towards Intelligent Control of MeV Electrons and Protons from kHz Rep-Rate Ultra-Intense Laser-Plasma Interactions

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:48 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:00 PM

  Publication: N. Tamminga, S. Feister, K. Frische, R. Desai, J. Snyder, J. Felice, J. Smith, C. Orban, E.
  Chowdhury, M. Dexter, A. Patnaik, APL Machine Learning 3, e2 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0253529

  Presenters

  • Nathaniel Tamminga

    • The Ohio State University

  Authors

  • Nathaniel Tamminga

    • The Ohio State University

  • Scott Feister

    • California State University, Channel Islands

  • Kyle Frische

    • Air Force Institute of Technology

  • Ronak Desai

    • Ohio State University

  • Joseph C Snyder

    • Miami University

  • Joseph R Smith

    • Marietta College

  • Chris Orban

    • Ohio State University

  • Enam A Chowdhury

    • Ohio State University

  • Michael L Dexter

    • Air Force Institute of Technology

  • Anil K Patnaik

    • U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)

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• Channel Fields and Transverse Ion Acceleration from High-Intensity Laser Interactions with Underdense Plasma on OMEGA EP

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 4:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Veronica Contreras

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Veronica Contreras

    • University of Michigan

  • Hongmei Tang

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Paul T Campbell

    • University of Michigan

  • Felicie Albert

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Hui Chen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Nicolas Kalem

    • University of Michigan

  • Yong Ma

    • University of Michigan

  • Philip M Nilson

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Brandon K Russell

    • Princeton University
    • University of Michigan

  • Jessica L Shaw

    • University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Kavin Tangtartharakul

    • University of California, San Diego

  • I-Lin Yeh

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Alexey Arefiev

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Louise Willingale

    • University of Michigan

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• Study of Proton Heating in Proximally Structured Cu Foam Targets

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 4:12 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Perry Samimy

    • Center for Energy Research, University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Perry Samimy

    • Center for Energy Research, University of California, San Diego

  • Mathieu Bailly-Grandvaux

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Joohwan Kim

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Christopher McGuffey

    • General Atomics

  • Farhat N Beg

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Simon Bolaños

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Extreme contrast, ultrahigh intensity laser-solid interaction - Impulsive excitation and direct observation of the ponderomotive push

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 4:24 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Ravindra Kumar Gattamraju

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai

  Authors

  • Ravindra Kumar Gattamraju

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai

  • Sagar Dam

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

  • Sk Rakeeb

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

  • Ameya Parab

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

  • Amit D Lad

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

  • Yash M Ved

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

  • Jian-Fuh Ong

    • EXtreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics, Magurele

  • Kazuo A Tanaka

    • Extreme Light Infrastructure- Nuclear Physics, Magurele

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• Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Power Flow in a Transmission Line Modification to HERMES-III consisting of Tapers applied in Various Geometries to Inner and Outer MITL Conductors

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 4:36 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Timothy Jerome Renk

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  Authors

  • Timothy Jerome Renk

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Timothy J Webb

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Mark D. Johnston

    • Sandia National Laboratories
    • University of New Mexico

  • Kenneth A Mikkelson

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Adam M Darr

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • John G Maynard

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Michael G Mazarakis

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Ioana Paraschiv

    • Voss Scientific

  • Dale R Welch

    • Voss Scientific

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