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Plasma-Based Electron Acceleration I

ORAL · BO07 · ID: 3570959

Presentations

  • Spatial conditioning of laser-plasma accelerated electron beams using magnetic solenoidal lenses

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    Presenters

    • Manfred Virgil Ambat

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester

    Authors

    • Manfred Virgil Ambat

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester

    • Hans G Rinderknecht

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester

    • Jonathan L Peebles

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, University of Rochester

    • Dustin Fess

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics

    • Ryan McEvoy

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics

    • Charles D Arrowsmith

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Oxford

    • Dino Mastrosimone

      LLE

    • Jessica L Shaw

      University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

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  • Over 8 hours of continuous operation of a free-electron laser driven by a laser-plasma accelerator

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    Presenters

    • Finn Kohrell

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Hamburg and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science

    Authors

    • Finn Kohrell

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Hamburg and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science

    • Samuel Barber

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Christopher E Doss

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Kyle Jensen

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Sarah Schroeder

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Curtis Berger

      Lawence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Zachary Eisentraut

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Kei Nakamura

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Anthony J Gonsalves

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Fumika Isono

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Guillaume Plateau

      TAU Systems, Inc

    • Reinier van Mourik

      TAU Systems, Inc

    • Miguel Gracia-Linares

      TAU Systems, Inc.

    • Lance Labun

      TAU Systems, Inc.

    • Bjorn Manuel Hegelich

      TAU Systems, Inc.

    • Stephen Milton

      TAU Systems, Inc

    • Cameron Robinson Geddes

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Jens Osterhoff

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Eric Esarey

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Carl B Schroeder

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Florian Grüner

      University of Hamburg and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science

    • Jeroen Van Tilborg

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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  • Direct laser acceleration in arbitrary-velocity wakefields

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    Presenters

    • Lavonne S Mack

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    Authors

    • Lavonne S Mack

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Manfred Virgil Ambat

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester

    • Charles D Arrowsmith

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Kyle Glen Miller

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Dillon W Ramsey

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Jessica L Shaw

      University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • John P Palastro

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

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  • Scalings of laser-driven MeV electron sources with relativistic multi-picosecond laser pulses

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    Presenters

    • Andreas J Kemp

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    Authors

    • Andreas J Kemp

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Scott C Wilks

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

    • Dean R Rusby

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • David Alessi

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Jackson G Williams

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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  • Enhanced direct laser acceleration by superluminal phase velocities demonstrated in particle-in-cell simulations

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    Presenters

    • Kavin Tangtartharakul

      University of California, San Diego

    Authors

    • Kavin Tangtartharakul

      University of California, San Diego

    • I-Lin Yeh

      University of California, San Diego

    • Hongmei Tang

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Talia Meir

      Tel Aviv University

    • Ishay Pomerantz

      Tel-Aviv University, Israel

    • Louise Willingale

    • Alexey Arefiev

      University of California, San Diego

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  • Arbitrary-velocity laser pulses in plasma waveguides

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    Presenters

    • John P Palastro

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    Authors

    • John P Palastro

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Kyle Glen Miller

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Matthew R Edwards

      Stanford University

    • Amanda L Elliott

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Lavonne Mack

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Devdigvijay Singh

      Stanford University

    • Alec G.R. GR Thomas

      Michigan University

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  • Performance of Longitudinal Direct Acceleration in particle-in-cell simulations with realistic laser and hollow target parameters

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    Presenters

    • Izzy Thomas

      University of California, San Diego

    Authors

    • Izzy Thomas

      University of California, San Diego

    • Kavin Tangtartharakul

      University of California, San Diego

    • Mihail O Cernaianu

      ELI NP

    • Carolina Herrera Hernandez

      University of California, San Diego

    • Alexey Arefiev

      University of California, San Diego

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  • Impact of target density and field mode structure in direct laser acceleration using hollow core tubes.

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    Presenters

    • Carolina Herrera Hernandez

      University of California, San Diego

    Authors

    • Carolina Herrera Hernandez

      University of California, San Diego

    • Kavin Tangtartharakul

      University of California, San Diego

    • Izzy Thomas

      University of California, San Diego

    • Mihail O Cernaianu

      ELI NP

    • Alexey Arefiev

      University of California, San Diego

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  • Producing high-brilliance gamma rays with flying focus laser pulses

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    Publication: M. Formanek, D. Ramsey, J. P. Palastro, A. Di Piazza, Phys. Rev. A 105, L020203 (2022).<br>M. Formanek, J.P. Palastro, D. Ramsey, S. Weber, A. Di Piazza, Phys. Rev. D 109, 056009 (2024). <br>M. S. Formanek, J. P. Palastro, D. Ramsey, A. Di Piazza, arXiv:2501.08183 (2025).

    Presenters

    • Martin S Formanek

      ELI Beamlines - International Laser Research Centre

    Authors

    • Martin S Formanek

      ELI Beamlines - International Laser Research Centre

    • John P Palastro

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Dillon W Ramsey

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • Antonino Di Piazza

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

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  • Intense Lasers and Nanotargets – towards compact relativistic accelerators

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    Publication: 1 Angana Mondal, Ratul Sabui, Sheroy Tata, R.M.G.M. Trines, S.V. Rahul, Feiyu Li, Soubhik Sarkar, William Trickey, Rakesh Y Kumar, Debobrata Rajak, John Pasley, Zhengming Sheng, Jagannath Jha, M. Anand, Ram Gopal, A.P.L. robinson, M, Krishnamurthy, "Shaped liquid drops generate MeV temperature electron beams with millijoule class laser", Communication Physics, 7, 85(2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-024-01550-8<br>[2] S.V.Rahul, Ratul Sabui, R.M.G.M. Trines,R Gopal, A Mondal, T Sairam, D Sahu, S. Khanna, A Robinson, M Krishnamurthy, "High Repititoin rate ion acceleration driven by two-plasmon decay instability" Phys Rev Research, 7, 013240(2025). <br>3 Ratul Sabui, Rakesh Kumar, Rahul S.V., Angana Mondal, Ram Gopal, Vandana Sharma, M. Krishnamurthy, "Effects of prepulse on hot-electron emission from mesoscopic particles", Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 66 085003(2024). DOI 10.1088/1361-6587/ad5046<br>4 Rakesh Y Kumar, Ratul Sabui, R Gopal, Feiyu Li, Soubhik Sarkar, William Trickey, M Anand, John Pasley, Z-M Sheng, R M G M Trines, R H H Scott, A P L Robinson, V Sharma and M Krishnamurthy, 'Tailored Mesoscopic Plasma accelerates electrons exploiting parametric instabilities', New J. Phys. 26 033027(2004). DOI 10.1088/1367-2630/ad2ffc<br>[5] Angana Mondal, Ratul Sabui, Sonali Khanna, Sheroy Tata,, S.V. Rahul, M. Anand, Ram Gopal, M, Krishnamurthy, "A compact Laser plasma source for high repitition rate bi-modal X-ray and electron imaging"{Submitted}<br>[5] Ratul Sabui, Angana Modal,, S.V. Rahul, Ram Gopal, M, Krishnamurthy, "Enhanced electron generation from liquid jets in moderate intensity laser plasma interactions"{Submitted}<br>[6] "The dependence of hot electron emission on low density gases in moderate laser plasma interactions" {manuscript in prep}<br>[7] "Nano-targets in fast particle acceleration" {manuscript in preparation}

    Presenters

    • Ratul Sabui

      Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

    Authors

    • Ratul Sabui

      Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

    • M Krishnamurthy

      Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

    • Angana Mondal

      ETH Zurich

    • Vandana Sharma

      Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad

    • Rahul Sripati Venkata

      Tata Institute of fundamental Research

    • Rakesh Y Kumar

      Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

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  • Stable Beam Propagation for Efficient MeV Photon Dose Generation in Laser–Solid Interactions

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    Publication: Phys. Rev. Research 7, 023169 – Published 19 May, 2025

    Presenters

    • Alemayehu S Bogale

      University of California, San Diego

    Authors

    • Alemayehu S Bogale

      University of California, San Diego

    • Farhat N Beg

      University of California, San Diego

    • Sasi Palaniyappan

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Joseph Strehlow

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Lin Yin

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Brian James Albright

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • David Stark

      William & Mary

    • Scott V Luedtke

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Juan Carlos Fernandez

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Rebecca Fitzgarrald

    • Justin Drew Twardowski

      Ohio State University

    • Ashlyn Van Pelt

      Los Alamos National Lab

    • Tyler Mix

      Los Alamos National Lab

    • Donald Cort Gautier

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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  • Experimental study of short pulse laser generated electron collimation for EFI using resistive focusing

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    Presenters

    • Sameen Yunus

      University of California, Merced

    Authors

    • Sameen Yunus

      University of California, Merced

    • Patricia B Cho

      University of Texas at Austin

    • Devan C Massin

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Dorian Corey Moore

      Florida A&M University

    • David Bishel

      Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrance Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States

    • Girik Jain

      SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

    • Eric Folsom

      LLNL

    • Robert B Morgan

      Caltech

    • Jaya Sicard

      University of Nevada, Reno

    • Danny W Attiyah

      University of California, Irvine

    • Alexandre A Do

      Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Andrew M Longman

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Korey Brown

      Morehouse College

    • Timothy Hendrickson

      Morehouse College

    • William Riedel

      Stanford University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Scott C Wilks

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

    • Steve A MacLaren

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Frederic Perez

      LULI – CNRS, CEA, Sorbonne Université, Ecole Polytechnique

    • Livia Lancia

      LULI – CNRS, CEA, Sorbonne Université, Ecole Polytechnique

    • Patrick Audebert

      LULI – CNRS, CEA, Ecole Polytechnique

    • Hui Chen

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Ronnie Lee Shepherd

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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  • High-repetition-rate Technology Development at GALADRIEL Relevant to IFE and HED Science

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    Publication: [1] G. W. Collins IV et al., "GALADRIEL: A facility for advancing engineering science relevant to rep-rated high energy density physics and inertial fusion energy experiments," Rev. Sci. Instr. 95, 113501 (2024).<br>[2] M. J.-E. Manuel et al., "A customizable data management framework for high-repetition-rate high-energy-density science," Rev. Sci. Instr. 95, 093532 (2024).<br>[3] S. M. Buczek et al., "High-resolution direct phase control in the spectral domain in ultrashort pulse lasers for pulse-shaping applications," Jour. of Instr. 20, P05002 (2025).<br>[4] J. H. Nicolau et al. "Demonstration of machine-learning-based control for femtosecond-level pulse-shaping applications," Optica, under review (2025).<br>[5] G. W. Collins IV et al., "Advancing High-Repetition-Rate Targeting: Implementation and Performance of FRODO at GALADRIEL," Fusion Science and Technology, accepted (2025).

    Presenters

    • Mario J Manuel

      General Atomics

    Authors

    • Mario J Manuel

      General Atomics

    • Gilbert Collins

      General Atomics

    • Austin Keller

      General Atomics

    • Javier H Nicolau

      University of California, San Diego

    • Sean M Buczek

      General Atomics; UC San Diego

    • Julian Carlo Ramirez

      University of California, San Diego

    • Dylan Dahlke

      UCSD, University of California, San Diego

    • Nika Sabouri

      University of California, San Diego

    • Brian Sammuli

      General Atomics

    • Raffi M Nazikian

      General Atomics

    • Neil Alexander

      General Atomics

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  • Generation and Characterization of Broadband Spatiotemporal Light Springs at Relativistic Intensities

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    Publication: A. Longman, D. Attiyah, E. Grace, C. Gardner, T. Suratwala, G. Tham, C. Harthcock, R. Fedosejevs, F. Dollar.<br>"Broadband Spatiotemporal Light Springs at Relativistic Intensities" Nature Photonics (2025). (submitted)<br><br>D. Attiyah, E. Grace, C. Gardner, R. Fedosejevs, F. Dollar, A. Longman.<br>"Characterization and Modeling of Relativistic Intensity Spatiotemporal Light Springs". (planned)

    Presenters

    • Danny W Attiyah

      University of California, Irvine

    Authors

    • Danny W Attiyah

      University of California, Irvine

    • Christopher Gardner

      University of California, Irvine

    • Elizabeth S Grace

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Franklin J Dollar

      University of California, Irvine

    • Andrew M Longman

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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