Search Results - "Labate, L."
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Evidence of resonant surface-wave excitation in the relativistic regime through measurements of proton acceleration from grating targets
Published in Physical review letters (28-10-2013)“…The interaction of laser pulses with thin grating targets, having a periodic groove at the irradiated surface, is experimentally investigated. Ultrahigh…”
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Experimental observation of parametric instabilities at laser intensities relevant for shock ignition
Published in Europhysics letters (01-02-2017)“…We report measurements of parametric instabilities and hot electron generation in a laser intensity regime up to 6 × 1015 W/cm2, typical of the shock ignition…”
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Optical and spectroscopic study of a supersonic flowing helium plasma: energy transport in the afterglow
Published in Scientific reports (20-03-2020)“…Flowing plasma jets are increasingly investigated and used for surface treatments, including biological matter, and as soft ionization sources for mass…”
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Micron-scale mapping of megagauss magnetic fields using optical polarimetry to probe hot electron transport in petawatt-class laser-solid interactions
Published in Scientific reports (21-08-2017)“…The transport of hot, relativistic electrons produced by the interaction of an intense petawatt laser pulse with a solid has garnered interest due to its…”
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3-D numerical simulation of Yb:YAG active slabs with longitudinal doping gradient for thermal load effects assessment
Published in Optics express (10-03-2014)“…We present a study of Yb:YAG active media slabs, based on a ceramic layered structure with different doping levels. We developed a procedure allowing 3D…”
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Preliminary results from the LMJ-PETAL experiment on hot electrons characterization in the context of shock ignition
Published in High energy density physics (01-08-2020)“…In the Shock Ignition scheme, the spike pulse intensity is well above the threshold of parametric instabilities, which produce a considerable amount of hot…”
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Intense proton acceleration in ultrarelativistic interaction with nanochannels
Published in Physical review research (21-09-2020)“…We show that both the flux and the cutoff energy of protons accelerated by ultraintense lasers can be simultaneously increased when using targets consisting of…”
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Fabrication of ZnO-nanowire-coated thin-foil targets for ultra-high intensity laser interaction experiments
Published in Matter and radiation at extremes (01-07-2021)“…The coupling of ultra-intense, ultra-short laser pulses with solid targets is heavily dependent on the properties of the vacuum–solid interface and is usually…”
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Intense gamma-ray source in the giant-dipole-resonance range driven by 10-TW laser pulses
Published in Physical review letters (05-09-2008)“…A gamma-ray source with an intense component around the giant dipole resonance for photonuclear absorption has been obtained via bremsstrahlung of electron…”
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Laboratory measurements of resistivity in warm dense plasmas relevant to the microphysics of brown dwarfs
Published in Nature communications (06-11-2015)“…Since the observation of the first brown dwarf in 1995, numerous studies have led to a better understanding of the structures of these objects. Here we present…”
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Role of laser contrast and foil thickness in target normal sheath acceleration
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (01-09-2016)“…In this paper we present an experimental investigation of laser driven light-ion acceleration using the ILIL laser at an intensity of 2×1019W/cm2. In the…”
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Magnetically guided fast electrons in cylindrically compressed matter
Published in Physical review letters (04-08-2011)“…Fast electrons produced by a 10 ps, 160 J laser pulse through laser-compressed plastic cylinders are studied experimentally and numerically in the context of…”
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Laser–plasma acceleration of electrons for radiobiology and radiation sources
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms (15-07-2015)“…Laser-driven acceleration in mm-sized plasmas using multi-TW laser systems is now established for the generation of high energy electron bunches. Depending on…”
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The LILIA (laser induced light ions acceleration) experiment at LNF
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms (15-07-2014)“…Laser-matter interaction at relativistic intensities opens up new research fields in the particle acceleration and related secondary sources, with immediate…”
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High energy electrons from interaction with a structured gas-jet at FLAME
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (11-03-2014)“…In this paper we analyze the properties of the electron bunches produced in a laser-plasma acceleration experiment using a 10mm helium gas-jet with a…”
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Frequency shift of an intense laser pulse induced by plasma wave
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (11-07-2012)“…Spectral modification of an intense (≥1018Wcm−2) laser pulse propagating in a helium gas target was studied using Thomson scattering diagnostic. The spectra…”
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Role of resistivity gradient in laser-driven ion acceleration
Published in Physical review special topics. PRST-AB. Accelerators and beams (2011)“…It was predicted that, when a fast electron beam with some angular spread is normally incident on a resistivity gradient, magnetic field generation can occur…”
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Production of high-quality electron beams in numerical experiments of laser wakefield acceleration with longitudinal wave breaking
Published in Physical review special topics. PRST-AB. Accelerators and beams (01-12-2003)“…In 1998 Bulanov et al. [Phys. Rev. E 58, R5257 (1998)] proposed a novel scheme for the production of high-quality electron beams in laser wakefield…”
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Influence of atomic species on laser pulse propagation in underdense plasmas
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (11-10-2011)“…A 65 fs, intense ( ∼ 10 18 Wcm − 2 ) laser pulse incident on a supersonic, laminar gas-jet was investigated via 90° Thomson Scattering and interferometry…”
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Study of nuclear reactions in laser plasmas at future ELI-NP facility
Published in EPJ Web of Conferences (01-01-2016)“…In this contribution we will present the future activities that our collaboration will carry out at ELI-NP (Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics), the…”
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