Efficient Raman amplification into the PetaWatt regime (2008)
Fiúza, F., Bingham, R., Fonseca, R. A., Silva, L. O., Cairns, R. A., ...
Raman amplification of a short laser pulse off a long laser beam has been demonstrated successfully for moderate probe intensities ($\sim 10^{16}$ W/cm$^2$) and widths ($\sim 50$ micron). However,...
Nakatsutsumi, M, Davies, J R, Kodama, R, Green, J S, Lancaster, K L, Akli, K U, ...
"The heating of plane solid targets by the Vulcan petawatt laser at powers of 0.32-0.73 PW and intensities of up to 4x1020 W cm[?]2 has been diagnosed with a temporal resolution of 17 ps and a...
EXPERIMENTS IN LASER-INDUCED NUCLEAR PHYSICS (2007)
P Mckenna, I Spencer, T Mccanny, R P Singhal, J Galy, ...
Since the beginning of laser science in the early 1960s there has been an almost continuous effort to increase the power of lasers to find exciting new applications. To put the present research in...
Thomas, A. G. R., Najmudin, Z., Mangles, S. P. D., Murphy, C. D., Dangor, A. E., Kamperidis, C., ...
The effect of laser focusing conditions on the evolution of relativistic plasma waves in laser wakefield accelerators is studied both experimentally and with particle-in-cell simulations. For short...
Broad energy spectrum of Laser-accelerated protons for spallation-related physics (2005)
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., Shimizu, S., Yang, J.M, Robson, L., McCanny, T., ...
A beam of MeV protons, accelerated by ultraintense laser-pulse interactions with a thin target foil, is used to investigate nuclear reactions of interest for spallation physics. The laser-generated...
Broad energy spectrum of Laser-accelerated protons for spallation-related physics (2005)
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., Shimizu, S., Yang, J.M., Robson, L., McCanny, T., ...
A beam of MeV protons, accelerated by ultraintense laser-pulse interactions with a thin target foil, is used to investigate nuclear reactions of interest for spallation physics. The laser-generated...
Broad energy spectrum of Laser-accelerated protons for spallation-related physics (2005)
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., Shimizu, S., Yang, J.M., Robson, L., McCanny, T., ...
A beam of MeV protons, accelerated by ultraintense laser-pulse interactions with a thin target foil, is used to investigate nuclear reactions of interest for spallation physics. The laser-generated...
Monoenergetic beams of relativistic electrons from intense laser-plasma interactions (2004)
Mangles, S.P.D., Murphy, C.D., Najmudin, Z., Thomas, A.G.R., Collier, J.L., Dangor, A.E., ...
High-power lasers that fit into a university-scale laboratory can now reach focused intensities of more than 1019 W cm-2 at high repetition rates. Such lasers are capable of producing beams of...
Monoenergetic beams of relativistic electrons from intense laser-plasma interactions (2004)
Mangles, S.P.D., Murphy, C.D., Najmudin, Z., Thomas, A.G.R., Collier, J.L., Dangor, A.E., ...
High-power lasers that fit into a university-scale laboratory can now reach focused intensities of more than 1019 W cm-2 at high repetition rates. Such lasers are capable of producing beams of...
Monoenergetic beams of relativistic electrons from intense laser-plasma interactions (2004)
Mangles, S.P.D., Murphy, C.D., Najmudin, Z., Thomas, A.G.R., Collier, J.L., Dangor, A.E., ...
High-power lasers that fit into a university-scale laboratory can now reach focused intensities of more than 1019 W cm-2 at high repetition rates. Such lasers are capable of producing beams of...
High power laser production of short-lived isotopes for positron emission tomography (2004)
Ledingham, K.W.D., McKenna, P., McCanny, T., Shimizu, S., Yang, J.M., Robson, L., ...
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful diagnostic/imaging technique requiring the production of the short-lived positron emitting isotopes 11C, 13N, 15O and 18F by proton irradiation of...
High power laser production of short-lived isotopes for positron emission tomography (2004)
Ledingham, K.W.D., McKenna, P., McCanny, T., Shimizu, S., Yang, J.M., Robson, L., ...
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful diagnostic/imaging technique requiring the production of the short-lived positron emitting isotopes 11C, 13N, 15O and 18F by proton irradiation of...
High power laser production of short-lived isotopes for positron emission tomography (2004)
Ledingham, K.W.D., McKenna, P., McCanny, T., Shimizu, S., Yang, J.M., Robson, L., ...
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful diagnostic/imaging technique requiring the production of the short-lived positron emitting isotopes 11C, 13N, 15O and 18F by proton irradiation of...
High-intensity-laser-driven Z pinches (2004)
Beg, F.N., Clark, E.L., Wei, M.S., Dangor, A.E., Evans, R.G., Gopal, A., ...
Experiments were performed in which ultrahigh intensity laser pulses (I>5×1019 W cm–2) were used to irradiate thin wire targets. It was observed that such interactions generate a large number of...
High-intensity-laser-driven Z pinches (2004)
Beg, F.N., Clark, E.L., Wei, M.S., Dangor, A.E., Evans, R.G., Gopal, A., ...
Experiments were performed in which ultrahigh intensity laser pulses (I>5×1019 W cm-2) were used to irradiate thin wire targets. It was observed that such interactions generate a large number of...
High-intensity-laser-driven Z pinches (2004)
Beg, F.N., Clark, E.L., Wei, M.S., Dangor, A.E., Evans, R.G., Gopal, A., ...
Experiments were performed in which ultrahigh intensity laser pulses (I>5×1019 W cm-2) were used to irradiate thin wire targets. It was observed that such interactions generate a large number of...
Nuclear reactions in copper induced by protons from a petawatt laser-foil interaction (2004)
Yang, J.M., McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Shimizu, S., Robson, L., ...
High-intensity ( gt 10(19) W cm(-2)) laser-plasma interactions have been shown to produce large quantities of protons with energies up to several tens of MeV. A range of laser-driven proton-induced...
Neutron production by fast protons from ultraintense laser- plasma interactions (2004)
Yang, J.M., McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Robson, L., Shimizu, S., ...
Tens of MeV proton beams have been generated by interactions of the VULCAN petawatt laser with foil targets and used to induce nuclear reactions in zinc and boron samples. The numbers of 11C, 66Ga,...
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., Yang, J.M., Robson, L., McCanny, T., Shimizu, S., ...
Proton and heavy ion acceleration in ultrahigh intensity (~2×1020 W cm–2) laser plasma interactions has been investigated using the new petawatt arm of the VULCAN laser. Nuclear activation...
High power laser production of short-lived isotopes for positron emission tomography (2004)
Ledingham, K.W.D., McKenna, P., McCanny, T., Shimizu, S., Yang, J.M., Robson, L., ...
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful diagnostic/imaging technique requiring the production of the short-lived positron emitting isotopes 11C, 13N, 15O and 18F by proton irradiation of...
Effect of target heating on ion-induced reactions in high-intensity laser-plasma interaction (2003)
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Spencer, I., Clark, E.L., ...
Measurements of ion-induced nuclear reactions have been used to diagnose ion acceleration from the interaction of high-intensity (>1019 W cm–2) laser light with solid targets. Nuclear activation of...
Effect of target heating on ion-induced reactions in high-intensity laser-plasma interaction (2003)
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Spencer, I., Clark, E.L., ...
Measurements of ion-induced nuclear reactions have been used to diagnose ion acceleration from the interaction of high-intensity (>1019 W cm-2) laser light with solid targets. Nuclear activation of...
Effect of target heating on ion-induced reactions in high-intensity laser-plasma interaction (2003)
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Spencer, I., Clark, E.L., ...
Measurements of ion-induced nuclear reactions have been used to diagnose ion acceleration from the interaction of high-intensity (>1019 W cm-2) laser light with solid targets. Nuclear activation of...
Laser-driven photo-transmutation of 129I - a long-lived nuclear waste product (2003)
Ledingham, K.W.D., Magill, J., McKenna, P., Yang, J., Galy, J., Schenkel, R., ...
Intense laser–plasma interactions produce high brightness beams of gamma rays, neutrons and ions and have the potential to deliver accelerating gradients more than 1000 times higher than...
Laser-driven photo-transmutation of 129I - a long-lived nuclear waste product (2003)
Ledingham, K.W.D., Magill, J., McKenna, P., Yang, J., Galy, J., Schenkel, R., ...
Intense laser-plasma interactions produce high brightness beams of gamma rays, neutrons and ions and have the potential to deliver accelerating gradients more than 1000 times higher than conventional...
Laser-driven photo-transmutation of 129I - a long-lived nuclear waste product (2003)
Ledingham, K.W.D., Magill, J., McKenna, P., Yang, J., Galy, J., Schenkel, R., ...
Intense laser-plasma interactions produce high brightness beams of gamma rays, neutrons and ions and have the potential to deliver accelerating gradients more than 1000 times higher than conventional...
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Spencer, I., Santala, M.I.K., ...
Heavy-ion induced nuclear reactions in materials exposed to energetic ions produced from high-intensity (∼5×1019 W/cm2) laser-solid interactions have been experimentally investigated for the...
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Spencer, I., Santala, M.I.K., ...
Heavy-ion induced nuclear reactions in materials exposed to energetic ions produced from high-intensity (∼5×1019 W/cm2) laser-solid interactions have been experimentally investigated for the first...
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Spencer, I., Santala, M.I.K., ...
Heavy-ion induced nuclear reactions in materials exposed to energetic ions produced from high-intensity (∼5×1019 W/cm2) laser-solid interactions have been experimentally investigated for the first...
Propagation instabilities of high-intensity laser-produced electron beams (2003)
Tatarakis, M., Beg, F.N., Clark, E.L., Dangor, A.E., Edwards, R.D., Evans, R.G., ...
Measurements of energetic electron beams generated from ultrahigh intensity laser interactions (I>1019 W/cm2) with dense plasmas are discussed. These interactions have been shown to produce very...
Propagation instabilities of high-intensity laser-produced electron beams (2003)
Tatarakis, M., Beg, F.N., Clark, E.L., Dangor, A.E., Edwards, R.D., Evans, R.G., ...
Measurements of energetic electron beams generated from ultrahigh intensity laser interactions (I>1019 W/cm2) with dense plasmas are discussed. These interactions have been shown to produce very...
Propagation instabilities of high-intensity laser-produced electron beams (2003)
Tatarakis, M., Beg, F.N., Clark, E.L., Dangor, A.E., Edwards, R.D., Evans, R.G., ...
Measurements of energetic electron beams generated from ultrahigh intensity laser interactions (I>1019 W/cm2) with dense plasmas are discussed. These interactions have been shown to produce very...
Basic and integrated studies for fast ignition (2003)
Tanaka, KA, Kodama, R, Mima, K, Kitagawa, Y, Fujita, H, Miyanaga, N, ...
Laser-driven photo-transmutation of I-129 - a long-lived nuclear waste product (2003)
Ledingham, K.W.D., Magill, J., McKenna, P., Yang, J., Galy, J., Schenkel, R., ...
Intense laser-plasma interactions produce high brightness beams of gamma rays, neutrons and ions and have the potential to deliver accelerating gradients more than 1000 times higher than conventional...
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Spencer, I., Santala, M.I.K., ...
Heavy-ion induced nuclear reactions in materials exposed to energetic ions produced from high-intensity (similar to5x10(19) W/cm(2)) laser-solid interactions have been experimentally investigated for...
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Spencer, I., Clark, E.L., ...
Measurements of ion-induced nuclear reactions have been used to diagnose ion acceleration from the interaction of high- intensity ( gt 10(19) W cm(-2)) laser light with solid targets. Nuclear...
Spencer, I., Ledingham, K.W.D., McKenna, P., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Foster, P.S., ...
Measurements of proton emission have been made from a variety of solid targets irradiated by a 60-fs, 200-mJ, 7x10(18)-W cm(- 2) laser system operating at 2 Hz. Optimum target conditions were found...
Characterization of multiterawatt laser-solid interactions for proton acceleration (2002)
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., Spencer, I., McCany, T., Singhal, R.P., Ziener, C., ...
A comprehensive characterization of experimental parameters in a study of proton acceleration by short-pulse laser-solid interactions at intensities up to 10(19) W cm(-2) is reported. Laser pulse and...
Spencer, I., Ledingham, K.W.D., Singhal, R.P., McCanny, T., McKenna, P., Clark, E.L., ...
A method of measuring the temperature of the fast electrons produced in ultraintense laser-plasma interactions is described by inducing photonuclear reactions, in particular (gamma,n) and (gamma,3n)...
Collisionless shock and supernova remnant simulations on VULCAN (2001)
Woolsey, NC, Ali, YA, Evans, RG, Grundy, RAD, Pestehe, SJ, Carolan, PG, ...
Fast particle generation and energy transport in laser-solid interactions (2001)
Zepf, M, Clark, EL, Krushelnick, K, Beg, FN, Escoda, C, Dangor, AE, ...
Collisionless shock and supernova remnant simulations on VULCAN (2001)
Woolsey, NC, Ali, YA, Evans, R G, Grundy, RAD, Pestehe, SJ, Carolan, PG, ...
Fast particle generation and energy transport in laser-solid interactions (2001)
Zepf, M, Clark, EL, Krushelnick, K, Beg, FN, Escoda, C, Dangor, AE, ...
Collisionless shock and supernova remnant simulations on VULCAN (2001)
Woolsey, N. C., Ali, Y. A., Evans, R. G., Grundy, R. A. D., Pestehe, S. J., Carolan, P. G., ...
The VULCAN [C. N. Danson , Opt. Commun. 103, 392 (1993)] laser at the UK Central Laser Facility is being used for laboratory-based simulations of collisionless shocks. By ensuring that key...
Spencer, I., Ledingham, K.W.D., Singhal, R.P., McCanny, T., Clark, E.L., Krushelnick, K., ...
Protons of energies up to 37 MeV have been generated using ultra-intense laser-solid interactions. These protons can be used to induce nuclear reactions in materials to produce beta /sup +/ emitting...
Spencer, I., Ledingham, K.W.D., Singhal, R.P., McCanny, T., McKenna, P., Clark, E.L., ...
Protons of energies up to 37 MeV have been generated when ultra-intense lasers (up to 10(20) W cm(-2)) interact with hydrogen containing solid targets. These protons can be used to induce nuclear...
Collisionless shock and supernova remnant simulations on VULCAN (2001)
Woolsey, N.C., Abou Ali, Y., Evans, R.G., Grundy, R.A.D., Pestehe, S.J., Carolan, P.G., ...
The VULCAN [C. N. Danson et al., Opt. Commun. 103, 392 (1993)] laser at the UK Central Laser Facility is being used for laboratory-based simulations of collisionless shocks. By ensuring that key...
Photonuclear physics when a multiterawatt laser pulse interacts with solid targets (2000)
Ledingham, K.W.D., Spencer, I., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Santala, M.I.K., Clark, E., ...
When a laser pulse of intensity 10(19) W cm(-2) interacts with solid targets, electrons of energies of some tens of MeV are produced. In a tantalum target, the electrons generate an intense highly...
Photonuclear physics when a multiterawatt laser pulse interacts with solid targets (2000)
Ledingham, K.W.D., Spencer, I., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Santala, M.I.K., Clark, E., ...
When a laser pulse of intensity 10(19) W cm(-2) interacts with solid targets, electrons of energies of some tens of MeV are produced. In a tantalum target, the electrons generate an intense highly...
Santala, M.I.K., Zepf, M., Watts, I., Beg, F.N., Clark, E., Tatarakis, M., ...
The angular distribution of bremsstrahlung gamma rays produced by fast electrons accelerated in relativistic laser-solid interaction has been studied by photoneutron activation in copper. We show...
Recent progress in coherent XUV generation at RAL
Zepf, M, Zhang, J, Chambers, DM, Dangor, A, MacPhee, AG, Lin, J, ...
Photonuclear physics when a multiterawatt laser pulse interacts with solid targets
Ledingham, K.W.D., Spencer, I., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Santala, M.I.K., Clark, E., ...
When a laser pulse of intensity 10(19) W cm(-2) interacts with solid targets, electrons of energies of some tens of MeV are produced. In a tantalum target, the electrons generate an intense highly...
Laser-driven photo-transmutation of I-129 - a long-lived nuclear waste product
Ledingham, K.W.D., Magill, J., McKenna, P., Yang, J., Galy, J., Schenkel, R., ...
Intense laser-plasma interactions produce high brightness beams of gamma rays, neutrons and ions and have the potential to deliver accelerating gradients more than 1000 times higher than conventional...
Photonuclear physics when a multiterawatt laser pulse interacts with solid targets
Ledingham, K.W.D., Spencer, I., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Santala, M.I.K., Clark, E., ...
When a laser pulse of intensity 10(19) W cm(-2) interacts with solid targets, electrons of energies of some tens of MeV are produced. In a tantalum target, the electrons generate an intense highly...
Characterization of multiterawatt laser-solid interactions for proton acceleration
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., Spencer, I., McCany, T., Singhal, R.P., Ziener, C., ...
A comprehensive characterization of experimental parameters in a study of proton acceleration by short-pulse laser-solid interactions at intensities up to 10(19) W cm(-2) is reported. Laser pulse and...
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Spencer, I., Santala, M.I.K., ...
Heavy-ion induced nuclear reactions in materials exposed to energetic ions produced from high-intensity (similar to5x10(19) W/cm(2)) laser-solid interactions have been experimentally investigated for...
Effect of target heating on ion-induced reactions in high- intensity laser-plasma interactions
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Spencer, I., Clark, E.L., ...
Measurements of ion-induced nuclear reactions have been used to diagnose ion acceleration from the interaction of high- intensity ( gt 10(19) W cm(-2)) laser light with solid targets. Nuclear...
Santala, M.I.K., Zepf, M., Watts, I., Beg, F.N., Clark, E., Tatarakis, M., ...
The angular distribution of bremsstrahlung gamma rays produced by fast electrons accelerated in relativistic laser-solid interaction has been studied by photoneutron activation in copper. We show...
A nearly real-time high temperature laser-plasma diagnostic using photonuclear reactions in tantalum
Spencer, I., Ledingham, K.W.D., Singhal, R.P., McCanny, T., McKenna, P., Clark, E.L., ...
A method of measuring the temperature of the fast electrons produced in ultraintense laser-plasma interactions is described by inducing photonuclear reactions, in particular (gamma,n) and (gamma,3n)...
Spencer, I., Ledingham, K.W.D., McKenna, P., McCanny, T., Singhal, R.P., Foster, P.S., ...
Measurements of proton emission have been made from a variety of solid targets irradiated by a 60-fs, 200-mJ, 7x10(18)-W cm(- 2) laser system operating at 2 Hz. Optimum target conditions were found...
Spencer, I., Ledingham, K.W.D., Singhal, R.P., McCanny, T., Clark, E.L., Krushelnick, K., ...
Protons of energies up to 37 MeV have been generated using ultra-intense laser-solid interactions. These protons can be used to induce nuclear reactions in materials to produce beta /sup +/ emitting...
Laser generation of proton beams for the production of short- lived positron emitting radioisotopes
Spencer, I., Ledingham, K.W.D., Singhal, R.P., McCanny, T., McKenna, P., Clark, E.L., ...
Protons of energies up to 37 MeV have been generated when ultra-intense lasers (up to 10(20) W cm(-2)) interact with hydrogen containing solid targets. These protons can be used to induce nuclear...
Nuclear reactions in copper induced by protons from a petawatt laser-foil interaction
Yang, J.M., McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Shimizu, S., Robson, L., ...
High-intensity ( gt 10(19) W cm(-2)) laser-plasma interactions have been shown to produce large quantities of protons with energies up to several tens of MeV. A range of laser-driven proton-induced...
Neutron production by fast protons from ultraintense laser- plasma interactions
Yang, J.M., McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., McCanny, T., Robson, L., Shimizu, S., ...
Tens of MeV proton beams have been generated by interactions of the VULCAN petawatt laser with foil targets and used to induce nuclear reactions in zinc and boron samples. The numbers of 11C, 66Ga,...
McKenna, P., Ledingham, K.W.D., Yang, J.M., Robson, L., McCanny, T., Shimizu, S., ...
Proton and heavy ion acceleration in ultrahigh intensity (~2×1020 W cm–2) laser plasma interactions has been investigated using the new petawatt arm of the VULCAN laser. Nuclear activation...
High power laser production of short-lived isotopes for positron emission tomography
Ledingham, K.W.D., McKenna, P., McCanny, T., Shimizu, S., Yang, J.M., Robson, L., ...
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful diagnostic/imaging technique requiring the production of the short-lived positron emitting isotopes 11C, 13N, 15O and 18F by proton irradiation of...