- Improved pulse contrast on the Texas Petawatt Laser,
E Gaul, T Toncian, M Martinez, J Gordon, M Spinks, G Dyer, N Truong, C Wagner, G Tiwari, M E Donovan, T Ditmire and B M Hegelich
accepted, IFSA proceedings - Non-Maxwellian electron distributions resulting from direct laser acceleration in near-critical plasmas
T. Toncian, C. Wang, E. McCary, A. Meadows, A.V. Arefiev, J. Blakeney, K. Serratto, D. Kuk, C. Chester, R. Roycroft, L. Gao, H. Fu, X.Q. Yan, J. Schreiber, I. Pomerantz, A. Bernstein, H. Quevedo, G. Dyer, T. Ditmire, B. M. Hegelich
accepted, Mat. Rad. Extr. (2016) - Impact of pre-plasma on fast electron generation and transport from short pulse, high intensity lasers
J Peebles, C McGuffey, CM Krauland, LC Jarrott, A Sorokovikova, MS Wei, J Park, H Chen, HS McLean, C Wagner, M Spinks, EW Gaul, G Dyer, BM Hegelich, M Martinez, M Donovan, T Ditmire, SI Krasheninnikov, FN Beg
Nuclear Fusion, Volume 56, Issue 1 (2015) - 160MeV laser-accelerated protons from CH2 nano-targets
B. M. Hegelich, D. Jung, L. Yin, B. J. Albright, B. Dromey, M. Yeung, D. C. Gautier, C. Hamilton, S. Letzring, R. Munchhausen, R. Shah, S. Palaniyappan, H. C. Wu, and J. C. Fernandez
ArXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.8650 - Scaling of ion energies in the relativistic induced transparency regime
D. Jung, B. J. Albright, L. Yin, D. C. Gautier, B. Dromey, R. Shah, S. Palaniyappan, S. Letzring, H.-C. Wu, T. Shimada, R. P. Johnson, D. Habs, M.Roth, J. C. Fernandez, B. M. Hegelich
Laser and Particle Beams 33 (04), 695-703 (2015) - Laser Generation of Ultra-Short Neutron Bursts From High Atomic Number Converters
By: Pomerantz, I.; McCary, E.; Meadows, A. R.; Hegelich, B. M.
SPIE LASER ACCELERATION OF ELECTRONS, PROTONS, AND IONS III; AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF LASER-GENERATED BEAMS OF PARTICLES III Book Series: Proceedings of SPIE, Volume: 9514, Article Number: 95140Q, Published: 2015 - On the analysis of inhomogeneous magnetic field spectrometers for laser-driven ion acceleration
D. Jung, L. Senje, O. McCormack, L. Yin, B. J. Albright, S. Letzring, D. C. Gautier, B. Dromey, T. Toncian, J. C. Fernandez, M. Zepf, and B. M. Hegelich
Rev. Sci. Inst. 86, 033303 (2015) - An Ultra-Short Pulsed Neutron Source
I. Pomerantz, E. McCary, A.R. Meadows, A. Arefiev, A. C. Bernstein, C. Chester, J. Cortez, M. Donovan, G. Dyer, E. W. Gaul, D. Hamilton, D. Kuk, A. C. Lestrade, C. Wang, T. Ditmire and B. M. Hegelich
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 184801 – Published 26 October 2014 - Fast ignition with laser-driven proton and ion beams
Fernandez, J. C.; Albright, B. J.; Beg, F. N.; B. M. Hegelich, et al.
NUCLEAR FUSION, Volume: 54, Issue: 5, Special Issue: SI Article Number: 054006, Published: MAY 2014 - Fast ignition by quasimonoenergetic ion beams
Honrubia, J. J.; Enriquez, C. D.; Fernandez, J. C.; Hegelich, B. M.; et al.
Edited by: Mora, P; Tanaka, KA; Moses, E, Conference: 7th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications Location: Bordeaux, FRANCE Date: SEP 12-16, 2011; IFSA 2011 - SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INERTIAL FUSION SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS, Book Series: EPJ Web of Conferences Volume: 59 Article Number: 03013 Published: 2013 - Beam profiles of proton and carbon ions in the relativistic transparency regime
Jung, D.; Albright, B. J.; Yin, L.; …, B. M. Hegelich
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS Volume: 15 Article Number: 123035 Published: DEC 23 2013 - Single-Shot 60 dB Dynamic Range Laser Contrast Measurement Using Fourth-Order Cross-Correlation from Self-Referencing-Spectral-Interferometry (FOX-SRSI), Sasi Palaniyappan, R.C. Shah, R.P. Johnson, T. Shimada, D. Jung, D.C. Gautier, B.M. Hegelich and J.C. Fernandez
AF1J.3.pdf CLEO:2013 Technical Digest © OSA 2013 - Laser-driven ion acceleration from relativistically transparent nanotargets
Hegelich, B. M.; Pomerantz, I.; Yin, L.; et al.
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS Volume: 15 Article Number: 085015 Published: AUG 20 2013 - Laser-driven 1 GeV carbon ions from preheated diamond targets in the break-out afterburner regime
Jung, D.; Yin, L.; Gautier, D. C.; …, B. M. Hegelich
PHYSICS OF PLASMAS Volume: 20 Issue: 8 Article Number: 083103 Published: AUG 2013 - Characterization of a novel, short pulse laser-driven neutron source
Jung, D.; Falk, K.; Guler, N.; …, B. M. Hegelich
PHYSICS OF PLASMAS Volume: 20 Issue: 5 Article Number: 056706 Published: MAY 2013 - Efficient carbon ion beam generation from laser-driven volume acceleration
Jung, D.; Yin, L.; Albright, B. J.; …, B. M. Hegelich
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS Volume: 15 Article Number: 023007 Published: FEB 5 2013 - Coherent synchrotron emission in transmission from ultrathin relativistic laser plasmas
Dromey, B.; Cousens, S.; Rykovanov, S.; B. M. Hegelich, et al.
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS Volume: 15 Article Number: 015025 Published: JAN 31 2013 - Bright Laser-Driven Neutron Source Based on the Relativistic Transparency of Solids
Roth, M.; Jung, D.; Falk, K.; B. M. Hegelich et al.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Volume: 110 Issue: 4 Article Number: 044802 Published: JAN 24 2013 - Laser-Ion Acceleration from Transparent Overdense Plasmas at the Texas Petawatt
Pomerantz, I.; Blakeney, J.; Dyer, G.; …, B. M. Hegelich
SPIE LASER ACCELERATION OF ELECTRONS, PROTONS, AND IONS II; AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF LASER-GENERATED BEAMS OF PARTICLES II; AND HARNESSING RELATIVISTIC PLASMA WAVES III Book Series: Proceedings of SPIE Volume: 8779 Article Number: UNSP 87791L Published: 2013 - Coherent synchrotron emission from electron nanobunches formed in relativistic laser–plasma interactions
B. Dromey, S. Rykovanov, M. Yeung, R. Hörlein, D. Jung, D. C. Gautier, T. Dzelzainis, D. Kiefer, S. Palaniyppan, R. Shah, J. Schreiber, H. Ruhl, J. C. Fernandez, C. L. S. Lewis, M. Zepf, B. M. Hegelich
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 7 OCTOBER 2012 | DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS2439, Nature Physics (2012) - Dynamics of relativistic transparency and optical shuttering in expanding overdense plasmas
Sasi Palaniyappan, B. Manuel Hegelich, Hui-ChunWu, Daniel Jung, Donald C. Gautier, Lin Yin, Brian J. Albright, Randall P. Johnson, Tsutomu Shimada, Samuel Letzring, Dustin T. Offermann, Jun Ren, Chengkun Huang, Rainer Hörlein, Brendan Dromey, Juan C. Fernandez and Rahul C. Shah
NATURE PHYSICS, VOL 8, OCTOBER 2012. - Experimental demonstration of particle energy, conversion efficiency and spectral shape required for Ion-Based Fast Ignition
B. M. Hegelich, B. J. Albright, J. C. Fernandez, D. C. Gautier, C. Huang, D. Jung, T. J. Kwan, S. Letzring, S. Palaniyappan, R. C. Shah, H.-C. Wu, L. Yin, A. Henig, R. Hörlein, D. Kiefer, J. Schreiber, X.Q. Yan, D. Habs, B. Dromey, and J.J. Honrubia
Nuclear Fusion 551, 083011 (2011) - Dynamics of nanometer-scale foil targets irradiated with relativistically intense laser pulses
R. Hörlein, A. Henig, S. G. Rykovanov, S. Steinke, M. Schnürer, T. Sokollik, D. Kiefer, D. Jung, X. Yan, J. M. Michailova, T. Tajima, M. Hegelich, G. D. Tsakiris, W. Sandner, and D. Habs
Laser and Particle Beams (2011) - Preparation of self-supporting diamond-like carbon nanofoils with thickness less than 5nm for laser-driven ion acceleration
Wenjun Ma, V.Kh.Liechtenstein, J.Szerypo, D.Jung, P.Hilz, B.M.Hegelich, H.J.Maier, J. Schreiber, D.Habs
Nucl. Instr. & Meth. A, 655 (2011) 53-56 - Monoenergetic ion beam generation by driving ion soliton waves with circularly polarized laser light
D. Jung, L. Yin, B. J. Albright, D. C. Gautier, R. Hörlein, D. Kiefer, A. Henig, R. Johnson, S. Letzring, S. Palaniyappan, R. Shah, T. Shimada, P. Hilz, X. Q. Yan, T. Tajima, J. C. Fernández, D. Habs, and B. M. Hegelich
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 115002 (2011). - Three-dimensional Dynamics of Break-out Afterburner Ion Acceleration using High-contrast Short-pulse Laser and Nano-scale Targets
L. Yin, B. J. Albright, K. J. Bowers, D. Jung, J. C. Fernandez, and B. M. Hegelich
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 045003 (2011) - Break-out afterburner ion acceleration in the longer laser pulse length regime
L. Yin, B. J. Albright, D. Jung, R. C. Shah, S. Palaniyappan, K. J. Bowers, A. Henig, J. C. Fernandez, and B. M. Hegelich
Phys. Plasmas 18, 063103 (2011) - Optimization of Laser-Generated Ion Beams
S. Steinke, M. Schnurer, T. Sokollik, A.A. Andreev, P.V. Nickles, A. Henig, R. Horlein, D. Kiefer, D. Jung, J. Schreiber, T. Tajima, M. Hegelich, D. Habs, and W. Sandner.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLASMA PHYSICS 51, 444-450 (2011) - Nonlinear coherent Thomson scattering from relativistic electron sheets as a means to produce isolated ultrabright attosecond x-ray pulses
H.-C. Wu, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, B.M. Hegelich, and J.C. Fernandez
PRST-AB 14, 070702 (2011) - Mono-energetic ion beam acceleration in solitary waves during relativistic transparency using high-contrast circularly polarized short-pulse laser and nano-scale targets
L. Yin, B. J. Albright, D. Jung, K. J. Bowers, R. C. Shah, S. Palaniyappan, J. C. Fernandez, and B. M. Hegelich
Phys. Plasmas 18, 053103 (2011) - A novel high resolution ion wide angle spectrometer (iWASP)
D. Jung, R. Hörlein, D. C. Gautier, S. Letzring, D. Kiefer, K. Allinger, B. J. Albright, R. Shah, S. Palaniyappan, J. C. Fernandez, D. Habs, and B. M. Hegelich
Rev. Sci. Instr. 82, 043301 (2011) - Improving ion beam spectral and spatial quality by double-foil target in laser ion acceleration
Chengkun Huang, B. J. Albright, L. Yin, H.-C. Wu, K. J. Bowers, B. M. Hegelich and J. C. Fernández
PRST-AB 14, 3, 031301 (2011) - A double-foil target for improving beam quality in laser ion acceleration with thin foils
C.-K. Huang, B. J. Albright, L. Yin, H.-C. Wu, K. J. Bowers, B. M. Hegelich, and J. C. Fernández
Phys. Plasmas 18, 056707 (2011). - Development of a high resolution and high dispersion Thomson Parabola
D.Jung, R. Hörlein, D. Kiefer, S. Letzring, D. C. Gautier, C. Hübsch, R. Öhm, B. J. Albright, J.C. Fernandez, D. Habs, B. M. Hegelich
Rev. Sci. Instr. 82, 013306 (2011) - Laser - ion acceleration in the laser transparency regime
Sven Steinke, A. Henig, M. Schnuerer, T. Sokollik, R. Hoerlein, D. Kiefer, D. Jung, J. Schreiber, B. M. Hegelich, X. Q. Yan, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, T. Tajima, P. V. Nickles, W. Sandner, D. Habs
OSA / CLEO/QELS 2010, 978-1-55752-890-2/10/$26.00 ©2010 IEEE - Uniform laser-driven relativistic electron layer for coherent Thomson scattering
H.-C. Wu, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, J. Fernandez, and B.M. Hegelich
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 234801 (2010) - Efficient ion acceleration by collective laser-driven electron dynamics with ultra-thin foil targets
S. Steinke, A. Henig, M. Schnürer, T. Sokollik, P. V. Nickles, D. Jung, D. Kiefer, J. Schreiber, T. Tajima, X. Q. Yan, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, M. Hegelich, W. Sandner, and D. Habs
Laser and Part. Beams 28, 215 (2010) - Pulse Shape Measurements using Single Shot - Frequency Resolved Optical Gating (FROG) for Relativistic Laser-Nanofoil Interactions
S. Palaniyappan, R. C. Shah, R. Johnson, T. Shimada, D. Gautier, S. Letzring, D. Jung, R. Hörlein, D. Offermann, J. C. Fernández, and B.M. Hegelich
Rev. Sci. Instr. 81, 10, 10E103, 2010 - Theory of laser ion acceleration from a foil target of nanometer thickness
X.Q. Yan, T.Tajima, M. Hegelich, L.Yin, D.Habs
Appl. Phys. B 98, 4, (2010) - Ultraintense laser interaction with nanoscale targets: a simple model for layer expansion and ion acceleration
B J Albright, L Yin, B M Hegelich, K J Bowers, C Huang, A Henig, J C Fernández, K A Flippo, S A Gaillard, T J T Kwan, X Q Yan, T Tajima and D Habs
2010 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 244 042022 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/244/4/042022 - Fast ignition by laser-driven carbon beams
J J Honrubia, J C Fernández, M Temporal, B M Hegelich and J Meyer-ter-Vehn
2010 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 244 022038 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/244/2/022038 - Radiation pressure acceleration of ion beams driven by circularly polarized laser pulses
A. Henig, S. Steinke, M. Schnürer, T. Sokollik, R. Hörlein, D. Kiefer, D. Jung, J. Schreiber, B. M. Hegelich, X. Q. Yan, T. Ta jima, P. V. Nickles, W. Sandner, and D. Habs
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 245003 (2009) - Fast ignition of inertial fusion targets by laser-driven carbon beams
J.J. Honrubia, J.C. Fernandez, M. Temporal, B.M. Hegelich, and J. Meyer-ter-Vehn
Phys. Plasmas, 16, 10 (2009) - Enhanced Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration in the Relativistic Transparency Regime
A. Henig, D. Kiefer, K. Markey, D. C. Gautier, K. A. Flippo, S. Letzring, R. P. Johnson, T. Shimada, L. Yin, B. J. Albright, K. J. Bowers, J. C. Fernández, S. G. Rykovanov, H.-C. Wu, M. Zepf, D. Jung, V. Kh. Liechtenstein, J. Schreiber, D. Habs, and B. M. Hegelich
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045002 (2009) - High-temporal contrast using low-gain optical parametric amplification,
Rahul C. Shah, Randall P. Johnson, Tsutomu Shimada, Kirk A. Flippo, Juan C. Fernandez, and B. M. Hegelich
Opt. Lett. Vol. 34, No. 15 (2009) p2273 - Large temporal window contrast measurement using optical parametric amplification and low-sensitivity detectors
R.C. Shah, R.P. Johnson, T. Shimada, and B.M. Hegelich
Eur. Phys. J. D (2009) - First observation of quasi-monoenergetic electron bunches driven out of ultra-thin diamond-like carbon (DLC) foils
D. Kiefer, A. Henig, D. Jung, D.C. Gautier, K.A. Flippo, S.A. Gaillard, S. Letzring, R.P. Johnson, R.C. Shah, T. Shimada, J.C. Fernandez, V.Kh. Liechtenstein, J. Schreiber, B.M. Hegelich, and D. Habs
Eur. Phys. J. D (2009) - Vision of a fully laser-driven nγ−mγ collider
D. Habs, B.M. Hegelich, J. Schreiber, and P.G. Thirolf
Eur. Phys. J. D (2009) - Progress and prospects of ion-driven fast ignition
Juan C. Fernandez, J.J. Honrubia, Brian J. Albright, Kirk A. Flippo, D. Cort Gautier, Björn M. Hegelich, Mark J. Schmitt, M. Temporal and Lin Yin
Nucl. Fusion 49 (2009) 065004 (8pp) - Radiochromic film imaging spectroscopy of laser-accelerated proton beams
F. Nürnberg, M. Schollmeier, E. Brambrink, A. Blažević, D. C. Carroll, K. Flippo,, D. C. Gautier, M. Geißel, K. Harres, B. M. Hegelich, O. Lundh, K. Markey, P. McKenna, D. Neely, J. Schreiber, and M. Roth
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 80, 033301 (2009) - Dense laser-driven electron sheets as relativistic mirrors for coherent production of brilliant X-ray and gamma-ray beams
D. Habs · M. Hegelich · J. Schreiber · M. Gross · A. Henig · D. Kiefer · D. Jung.
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS Volume: 93 Issue: 2-3 Pages: 349-354 Published: 2008 - Development and calibration of a Thomson parabola with microchannel plate for the detection of laser-accelerated MeV ions
K. Harres, M. Schollmeier, E. Brambrink, P. Audebert, A. Blažević, K. Flippo, D. C. Gautier, M. Geißel, B. M. Hegelich, F. Nurnberg, J. Schreiber, H. Wahl, and M. Roth1
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Volume: 79 Issue: 9 Article Number: 093306 Published: 2008 - A novel backscatter focus diagnostic for the TRIDENT 200 TW laser
D. C. Gautier, K. A. Flippo, S. A. Letzring, J. Workman T. Shimada, R. P. Johnson, T. R. Hurry, S. A. Gaillard, and B. M. Hegelich
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Volume: 79 Issue: 10 Article Number: 10F547 Published: 2008 - A simple apparatus for quick qualitative analysis of CR39 nuclear track detectors
J. L. Kline, T. Shimada, R. P. Johnson, D. S. Montgomery, B. M. Hegelich, D. M. Esquibel, K. A. Flippo, R. P. Gonzales, T. R. Hurry, and S. L. Reid
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Volume: 79 Issue: 10 Article Number: 10E536 Published: 2008 - TRIDENT high-energy-density facility experimental capabilities and diagnostics
S. H. Batha, R. Aragonez, F. L. Archuleta, T. N. Archuleta, J. F. Benage, J. A. Cobble, J. S. Cowan, V. E. Fatherley, K. A. Flippo, D. C. Gautier, R. P. Gonzales, S. R. Greenfield, B. M. Hegelich, T. R. Hurry, R. P. Johnson, J. L. Kline, S. A. Letzring, E. N. Loomis, F. E. Lopez, S. N. Luo, D. S. Montgomery, J. A. Oertel, D. L. Paisley, S. M. Reid, P. G. Sanchez, A. Seifter, T. Shimada, and J. B. Workman.
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Volume: 79 Issue: 10 Article Number: 10F305 Published: 2008 - Controlled transport and focusing of laser-accelerated protons with miniature magnetic devices
M. Schollmeier, S. Becker, M. Geißel, K.A. Flippo, A. Blazevic, S.A. Gaillard, D. Cort Gautier, F. Gruener, K. Harres, M. Kimmel, F. Nurnberg, P. Rambo, U. Schramm, J. Schreiber, J. Schutrumpf, J. Schwarz, N.A. Tahir, B. Atherton, D. Habs, B.M. Hegelich, and M. Roth
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 055004(2008) - Progress on Ion Based Fast Ignition
Juan C. Fernández, Brian J. Albright, Kirk A. Flippo, Björn M. Hegelich, Thomas J. Kwan, Mark J. Schmitt, Lin Yin
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 112 (2008) 022051 - Studies in Capsule Design for Mid-Z Ion-Driven Fast Ignition
B. J. Albright, M. J. Schmitt, J. C. Fern´andez, G. E. Cragg, I. Tregillis, L. Yin, and B. M. Hegelich
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 112 (2008) 022029 - Plasma physics experiments at GSI
M. Schollmeier, M. Roth, G. Schaumann, A. Blazevic, K. Flippo, A Frank, J. C. Fernandez, D. C. Gautier, K. Harres, T. Heßling, B. M. Hegelich, F. Nurnberg, A. Pelka, H. Ruhl, J. Schreiber, D. Schumacher, K. Witte, B. Zielbauer and D. H. H. Hoffmann
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 112 (2008) 042068 - Increased efficiency of short-pulse laser-generated proton beams from novel flat-top cone targets
K. A. Flippo, E. d’Humières, S. A. Gaillard, J. Rassuchine, D. C. Gautier, M. Schollmeier, F. Nürnberg, J. L. Kline, J. Adams, B. Albright, M. Bakeman, K. Harres, R. P. Johnson, G. Korgan, S. Letzring, S. Malekos, N. Renard-LeGalloudec, Y. Sentoku, T. Shimada, M. Roth, T. E. Cowan, J. C. Fernández, and B. M. Hegelich
Phys. Plasmas, 15, 056709 (2008) - Laser beam-profile impression and target thickness impact on laser-accelerated protons
M. Schollmeier, K. Harres, F. Nürnberg, A. Blažević, P. Audebert, E. Brambrink, J. C. Fernández, K. A. Flippo, D. C. Gautier, M. Geißel, B. M. Hegelich, J. Schreiber, and M. Roth
Phys. Plasmas, 15, 053101 (2008) - Relativistic Buneman instability in the laser breakout afterburner
B. J. Albright, L. Yin, Kevin J. Bowers, B. M. Hegelich, K. A. Flippo, T. J. T. Kwan, and J. C. Fernández
Phys. Plasmas, 14, 094502, (2007) - Short pulse laser train for laser plasma interaction experiments
J. L. Kline, T. Shimada, R. P. Johnson, D. S. Montgomery, B. M. Hegelich, D. M. Esquibel, K. A. Flippo, R. P. Gonzales, T. R. Hurry, and S. L. Reid
Rev. Scientific Inst. 78, 083501, (2007) - L-PARC: The Los Alamos Particle Accelerator Research Complex - A Signature Experimental Science Facility for Los Alamos
Kurt Schoenberg, Richard Sheffield, Juan Fernandez, and James Rhyne with contributions from M. Hegelich et al.
LANL report, 2007 - Laser ion acceleration with micro-grooved targets
Marius Schollmeier,M. Roth, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, J.A. Cobble, J.C. Fernandez, K.A. Flippo, D.C. Gautier, D. Habs, K. Harres, B.M. Hegelich, T. Hessling, D.H.H. Hoffmann, S. Letzring, F. Nurnberg, G. Schaumann, J. Schreiber, K. Witte
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment; Jul 1 2007; v.577, no.1-2, p.186-190 - Comparative spectra and efficiencies of ions laser-from the front and rear surfaces of thin solid foils
J. Fuchs, Y. Sentoku, E. d’Humières, T. E. Cowan, J. Cobble, P. Audebert, A. Kemp, A. Nikroo, P. Antici, E. Brambrink, A. Blazevic, E. M. Campbell, J. C. Fernández, J.-C. Gauthier, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, H. Popescu, N. Renard-LeGalloudec, M. Roth, J. Schreiber, R. Stephens, and H. Pépin
Phys. Plasmas, 14, 053105, (2007) - Monoenergetic and GeV ion acceleration from the laser break-outafterburner using ultrathin targets
L. Yin, B. J. Albright, B. M. Hegelich, K. J. Bowersz, K. A. Flippo, T. J. T. Kwan, and J. C. Fernández
Phys. Plasmas 14, 056706, (2007). - The first target experiments on the National Ignition Facility
O.L. Landen, S.H. Glenzer, D.H. Froula, E.L. Dewald, L.J. Suter, M.B. Schneider, D.E. Hinkel, … , J.C. Fernandez, J.L. Kline, …, M.B. Hegelich, et al.
Eur. Phys. J. D 44, 273–281 (2007) - Laser-driven ion accelerators: spectral control, monoenergetic ions and new acceleration mechanisms
K. Flippo, B. M. Hegelich, B. J. Albright, L. Yin, D. C. Gautier, S. Letzring, M. Schollmeier, J. Schreiber, R. Schulze, J. C. Fernández
Laser and Particle Beams; January 2007; v.25, no.1, p.3-8 - Theory of laser acceleration of light ion beams in ultra-intense laser-matter interaction with layered targets
Albright, B. J., L. Yin, B. M. Hegelich, Kevin J. Bowers, T. J. T. Kwan, and J. C. Fernández,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 115002 (2006). - Analytical Model for Ion Acceleration by High-Intensity Laser Pulses
J. Schreiber, F. Bell, F. Grüner, U. Schramm, M. Geissler2 M. Schnürer, S. Ter-Avetisyan, B. M. Hegelich, J. Cobble, E. Brambrink, J. Fuchs, P. Audebert, and D. Habs
Phys. Rev. Lett 97, 045005 (2006) - The first experiments on the national ignition facility
O.L. Landen, S. Glenzer, D. Froula, E. Dewald, L.J. Suter, M. Schneider, D. Hinkel, J. Fernandez1, J. Kline1, S. Goldman1, D. Braun, P. Celliers, S. Moon, H. Robey, N. Lanier, J. McDonald, C. Niemann, A. Mackinnon, R. Collins, D. Bradley, J. Eggert, D. Hicks, G. Gregori, R. Kirkwood, C. Niemann, B. Young, J. Foster2, F. Hansen, T. Perry, D. Munro, H. Baldis, G. Grim1, R. Heeter, B. Hegelich1, et al.
J. Phys. IV France 133 (2006) 43–45 - Laser accelerated heavy particles - Tailoring of ion beams on a nano-scale
Roth M, Audebert P, Blazevic A, Brambrink E, Cobble J, Cowan TE, Fernandez J, Fuchs J, Geissel M, Hegelich M, Karsch S, Ruhl H, Schollmeier M, Stephens R
Source: OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 264 Issue: 2 Pages: 519-524 Published: AUG 15 2006 - Advanced Lasers and Beams Applications. The ALBA Facility at LANSCE
Juan Fernandez
Kurt Schoenberg, Richard Sheffield, Damian Swift, Björn Manuel Hegelich, Filippo Neri, Peter Walstrom
LA-UR-06-7451, IPD Report 2006 - Laser accelerated heavy particles – Tailoring of ion beams on a nano-scale
M. Roth, P. Audebert, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, J. Cobble, T.E. Cowan, J. Fernandez, J. Fuchs, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, H. Ruhl, M. Schollmeier, R. Stephens
Optics Communications 264 (2006) 519–524 - Gas-filled hohlraums at the National Ignition Facility
Juan C. Fernández, S. R. Goldman, J. L. Kline, E. S. Dodd, C. Gautier, G. P. Grim, B. M. Hegelich, D. S. Montgomery, N. Lanier, H. Rose, J. B. Workman, D. Braun, K. M. Campbell, J.R. Celeste, E. L. Dewald, S.N. Dixit, D.C. Eder, S. H. Glenzer, C.A. Haynam, D. Hinkel, J. P. Holder, D. Kalantar, J. Kamperschroer, R.L. Kauffman, R. Kirkwood, A.E. Koniges, O. L. Landen, F. D. Lee, B. J. MacGowan, A. J. MacKinnon, K.R. Manes, J. W. McDonald, C. Niemann, J. Schein, M. B. Schneider, M.J. Shaw, L. J. Suter, F.A. Weber, B. K. Young
Phys. Plasmas 13, 056319 (2006) - Transverse characteristics of short pulse laser produced heavy ion beams an approach to study the acceleration dynamics
E. Brambrink, J. Schreiber, T. Schlegel, P. Audebert, J. Cobble, J. Fuchs, M. Hegelich, and M. Roth
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 154801 (2006) - GeV laser ion acceleration from ultrathin targets: The laser break-out afterburner
L. Yin, B. J. Albright, B. M. Hegelich, and J. C. Fernández
Laser and Particle Beams 24 (2006), 1–8 - Mono-energetic multi-MeV/nucleon ion beams accelerated by ultrahigh intensity lasers
B. M. Hegelich, B. J. Albright, J. Cobble, R. Johnson, S. Letzring, H. Ruhl, J. Schreiber, J. C. Fernandez
Nature 439, p441 (2006). - Ablation cleaning techniques for high-power short-pulse laser-produced heavy-ion targets
Flippo, KA; Hegelich, BM; Schmitt, MJ; Gauthier, DC; Meserole, CA; Fisher, GL; Cobble, JA; Johnson, RA; Letzring, SA; Fernandez, JC; et. al.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS (SPIE); 2006; v.6261, pt.1&2, p.I2612-I2612, Conference: Conference on High-Power Laser Ablation VI; May 7-12, 2006; Taos, NM - Theory and modeling of ion acceleration from the interaction of ultra-intense laser with solid density targets
Albright, B. J., L. Yin, T. J. T. Kwan, Kevin J. Bowers, B. M. Hegelich, and J. C. Fernández
J. Phys. IV France 133, 467 (2006). - Ultrashort-Laser-Produced Heavy Ion Generation via Target Laser-Ablation Cleaning
K. A. Flippo, B. M. Hegelich, M. J. Schmitt, C. A. Meserole, , G. L. Fisher, D. C. Gautier, J. A. Cobble, R. Johnson, S. Letzring, J. Schreiber, M. Schollmeier, and J. C. Fernández
J. Physique IV France 133 (2006). - Measurements of gas filled halfraum energetics at the national ignition facility using a single quad
Kline, JL; Fernandez, JC; Goldman, SR; Braun, D; Landen, O; Niemann, C; Gautier, DC; Hegelich, BM; Montgomery, DS; Lanier, NE; et. al.
J. Physique IV France 133 (2006). - Spectroscopic diagnostics for multi-TW laser-produced plasmas
J. A. Cobble, J. C. Fernández, B. M. Hegelich, K. A. Flippo, D. C. Gautier
J. Physique IV France 133 (2006). - Laser Accelerated, High Quality Ion Beams
M. Roth, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, M. Geissel, T. E. Cowan, J. Fuchs, A. Kemp, H. Ruhl, P. Audebert, J. Cobble, J. Fernandez, M. Hegelich, S. Letzring, K. Ledingham, P. McKenna, R. Clarke, D. Neely, S. Karsch, D. Habs, and J. Schreiber
Hyperfine Interactions (2005), DOI 10.1007/s10751-005-9202-4 # Springer 2006 - Laser accelerated ions in ICF research prospects and experiments
M. Roth, E Brambrink, P. Audebert, M. Basko, A. Blazevic, R. Clarke, J. Cobble, T. E. Cowan, J. Fernandez, J. Fuchs, M. Hegelich, K. Ledingham, B. G. Logan, D. Neely, H. Ruhl, and M. Schollmeier
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 47 (2005) B841–B850 - Spectral properties of laser accelerated mid-Z MeV/u ion beams
B. M. Hegelich, B. Albright, P. Audebert, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, J. Cobble, T. Cowan, J. Fuchs, J.C. Gauthier, C. Gautier, M. Geissel, D. Habs, R. Johnson, S. Karsch, A. Kemp, S. Letzring, M. Roth, U. Schramm, J. Schreiber, K.J. Witte, J.C. Fernandez
Phys. Plasmas, 12, 056314 (2005). - Ultra-low emittance, high current proton beams produced with a laser-virtual cathode sheath accelerator
T.E. Cowan, J. Fuchs, H. Ruhl, Y. Sentoku, A. Kemp, P. Audebert, M. Roth, R. Stephens, I. Barton, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, J. Cobble, J.C. Fernandez, J.-C. Gauthier, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, J. Kaae, S. Karsch, G.P. Le Sage, S. Letzring, M. Manclossi, S. Meyroneinc, A. Newkirk, H. Pepin, N. Renard-LeGalloudec
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 544 (2005) 277–284 - Laser-Ablation Treatment of Short-Pulse Laser Targets: Towards an Experimental Program on Energetic-Ion Interactions with Dense Plasmas
Juan C. Fernández, B. Manuel Hegelich, James A. Cobble, Kirk A. Flippo, Samuel A. Letzring, Randall P. Johnson, D. Cort Gautier, Tsutomu Shimada, George A. Kyrala, Yongqiang Wang and Chris J. Wetteland
Laser and Particle Beams, 23, 95–100 (2005). - M.I-12: short pulse laser generated ion beams for fast ignition
M. Geissel, M. Roth, M. Allen, P. Audebert, M. Basko, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, J. Cobble, T.E. Cowan, M.E. Cunea, J.C. Fernandez, J. Fuchs, J.-C. Gauthier, M. Hegelich, S. Karsch
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 544 (2005) 55–60 - Comparison of laser ion acceleration from the front and rear surfaces of thin foils
J. Fuchs, Y. Sentoku, S. Karsch, J. Cobble, P. Audebert, A. Kemp, A. Nikroo, P. Antici, E. Brambrink, A.Blazevic, E.M. Campbell, J.C. Fernández, J.-C. Gauthier2, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, H. Pépin, H. Popescu, N. Renard-LeGalloudec, M. Roth, J. Schreiber, R. Stephens, and T.E. Cowan
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 045004 (2005) - Laser accelerated ions and electron transport in ultra-intense laser matter interaction
M. Roth, E. Brambrink, P. Audebert, A. Blazevic, R. Clarke, J. Cobble, T. E. Cowan, J. Fernandez, J. Fuchs, M. Geissel, D. Habs, M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, K. Ledingham, D. Neely, H. Ruhl, T. Schlegel, J. Schreiber
Las. Part. Beams, 23, 95–100 (2005) - Ultrahigh Intensity Laser Physics at the LANL Trident Laser Facility
B.M. Hegelich, J.C. Fernández, J.A. Cobble, K.A. Flippo, B.J. Albright, E.S. Dodd, M.J. Schmitt, R. Perea
Los Alamos National Laboratory Physics Division Annual Report 2004, LALP-04-000 - Source-size measurements and charge distributions of ions accelerated from thin foils irradiated by high-intensity laser pulses
J. Schreiber, M. Kaluza, F. Gruener, U. Schramm, B.M. Hegelich, J. Cobble, M. Geissler, E. Brambrink, J. Fuchs, P. Audebert, D. Habs, K. Witte
Appl. Phys. B 79, 1041 (2004) - Ultra-low emittance, multi-MeV proton beams from a laser virtual-cathode plasma accelerator,
T.E. Cowan, J. Fuchs, H. Ruhl, P. Audebert, M. Roth, I. Barton, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, J. Cobble, J. Fernandez, J.-C. Gauthier, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, J. Kaae, S. Karsch, G.P. Le Sage, S. Letzring, A. Newkirk, H. Pepin, N. Renard-LeGalloudec
Phys.Rev.Lett., Vol. 92, No. 20, 19. May 2004, 204801 - Spatial Uniformity of Laser-Accelerated Ultrahigh-Current MeV Electron Propagation in Metals and Insulators
J. Fuchs, T. E. Cowan, P. Audebert, H. Ruhl, L. Gremillet, A. Kemp, M. Allen, A. Blazevic, J.-C. Gauthier, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, P. Parks, M. Roth, Y. Sentoku, R. Stephens, and E.M. Campbell
Phys.Rev.Lett., Vol. 91, No. 25, 19. December 2003, 255002 - Laser Acceleration and Laser Cooling for Ion Beams
M. Roth, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, M. Geissel, T.E. Cowan, J. Fuchs, H. Ruhl, P. Audebert, J. Cobble, J. Fernandez, M. Hegelich, S. Letzring, K. Ledingham, P. McKanna, R. Clarke, D. Neely, S. Karsch, D. Habs, U. Schramm, J. Schreiber,
Proceedings of EPAC 2004 - Ultra-Low Emittance Proton Beams From A Laser-Virtual Cathode Plasma Accelerator
J. Fuchs, T.E. Cowan, H. Ruhl, Y. Sentoku, A. Kemp, P. Audebert, M. Roth, R. Stephens, I. Barton, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, J. Cobble, J.C. Fernández, J.-C. Gauthier, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, J. Kaae, S. Karsch, G.P. Le Sage, S. Letzring, M. Manclossi, S. Meyroneinc, A. Newkirk, H. Pépin, N. Renard-LeGalloudec
Proceedings of the 11th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop 2004 - Proton spectra from ultra-intense laser-plasma interaction with thin foils; experiments, theory and simulation,
M. Allen, Y. Sentoku, P. Audebert, A. Blazevic, T. Cowan, J. Fuchs, J. C. Gauthier, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, E. Morse, P. K. Patel and M. Roth,
Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 10, No 8, 3283 (2003) - Acceleration of heavy Ions to MeV/nucleon Energies by Ultrahigh-Intensity Lasers,
Björn Manuel Hegelich, Munich, December 2002,
Dissertation (PhD-Thesis) - MeV Ion Jets from Short-Pulse-Laser Interaction with thin Foils,
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M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, G. Pretzler, D. Habs, K. Witte, W. Guenther, M. Allen, A. Blazevic, J. Fuchs, J.C. Gauthier, P. Audebert, M. Geissel, T. Cowan, and M. Roth
Phys.Rev.Lett., Vol. 89, No. 8, 19. August 2002, 085002 - The above triggered reports in:
Physics Today
Die Zeit (german weekly Journal)
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La Science au present 2003 (French. Science Dictionary) - Teilchenbeschleunigung mit Lasern,
M. Hegelich
Physik in unserer Zeit (german equivalent to Physics Today), 6, 2002 - Acceleration Dynamics of Laser-Driven MeV-Ion Jets,
M. Hegelich, M. Allen, P. Audebert, A. Blazevic, T. Cowan, J. Fuchs, J. C. Gauthier, M. Geissel, W. Guenther, D. Habs, S. Karsch, A. Kemp, G. Pretzler, M. Roth, and K. J. Witte
AIP Conference Proceedings 669, Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Plasma Physics: ICPP2002, Sydney, Australia, 15-19 July 2002, ISBN 0-7354-0133-0 - Adaptive optics in a multi-stage TiS laser
Baumhacker, H; Pretzler, G; Witte, KJ; Hegelich, M; Kaluza, M; Karsch, S; Kudryashov, A; Samarkin, V; Rukosuev, A
LASER RESONATORS AND BEAM CONTROL V Book Series: PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS (SPIE) Volume: 4629 Pages: 1-5 DOI: 10.1117/12.469494 Published: 2002 - Short pulse laser driven ion beams - Experiments and applications
M. Roth, M. Allen, P. Audebert, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, T. E. Cowan, J. Fuchs, J. C. Gauthier, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, H. Ruhl and T. Schlegel,
in Science of Superstrong Field Interactions, edited by K. Nakajima and M. Deguchi (2002), Vol. 634, pp. 35-42. - Intense ion beams accelerated by ultra-intense laser pulses
M. Roth, T. E. Cowan, J. C. Gauthier, J. M. T. Vehn, M. Allen, P. Audebert, A. Blazevic, J. Fuchs, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, A. Pukhov and T. Schlegel,
in Superstrong Fields in Plasmas, edited by M. Lontano, G. Mourou, O. Svelto and T. Tajima (2002), Vol. 611, pp. 199-209. - Intense, high-quality ion beams generated by ultra-intense lasers
M. Roth, T. E. Cowan, J. C. Gauthier, J. M. Vehn, M. Allen, P. Audebert, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, J. Fuchs, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, H. Ruhl and T. Schlegel,
presented at the 14th International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams, Albuquerque, Nm, 2002 - Spectroscopy of MeV Ion Jets from Ultraintense Laser-Plasma Interaction with thin Foils,
M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, M. Allen, P. Audebert, A. Blazevic, T. Cowan, J. Fuchs,
J.C. Gauthier, W. Guenther, M. Geissel, D. Habs, W. Heinrich, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn,
G. Pretzler, A. Pukhov, T. Schlegel, K. Witte and M. Roth,
Virt.Jour.UltrafastSc., August 2002 - High-Intensity Laser Induced Ion Acceleration from Heavy-Water Droplets,
S. Karsch, S. Düsterer, H. Schwoerer, F. Ewald, D. Habs, M. Hegelich, G. Pretzler, A. Pukhov, K. Witte and R. Sauerbrey,
Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 91, No. 1, July 2003, 015001 - The generation of high quality, intense ion beams by ultra-intense lasers,
M. Roth, M. Allen, P. Audebert, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, T.E. Cowan, J. Fuchs, J. C. Gauthier, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, J. Meyer-ter Vehn, H. Ruhl, T. Schlegel, R.B. Stephens,
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 44, B99-B108 (2002) - Comparison of the birefringence in azobenzene-side-chain copolymer induced by pulsed and continuos-ware irradiation,
V. Cimrova, D. Neher, R. Hildebrandt, M. Hegelich, A.v.d. Lieth, G. Marowsky, R. Hagen, S. Kostromine and T. Bieringer,
Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol 81, 1228 (2002) - Correction of strong phase and amplitude modulations by two deformable mirrors in a multistaged Ti:sapphire laser,
H. Baumhacker, G. Pretzler, K.J. Witte, M. Hegelich, M. Kaluza, S. Karsch, A. Kudryashov, V. Samarkin, A. Roukossouev,
Opt. Lett. Vol. 27, No. 17, September 2002 - Energetic ions generated by laser pulses: A detailed study on target properties,
M. Roth, T.E. Cowan, J. C. Gauthier, M. Allen, P. Audebert, A. Blazevic, J. Fuchs, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, J. Meyer-ter Vehn, A. Pukhov, T. Schlegel,
PRST – AB, Vol. 5, 061301, 2002 - Intense ion beams accelerated by relativistic laser plasmas
Gauthier, Jean-Claude; Roth, M.; Cowan, TE; Allen, M.; Audebert, P.; Blazevic, A.; Fuchs, J.; Geissel, M.; Hegelich, M.; Karsch, S.; et. al.
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; 2001; v.4510, p.52-57
Time-resolved investigation of photoinduced birefringence in azobenzene side-chain polyesters,
R. Hildebrandt, M. Hegelich, H.-M. Keller, G. Marowsky and S. Hvilsted,
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