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Amplification and generation of ultra-intense twisted laser pulses via stimulated Raman scattering by Vieira, J., Trines, R. M. G. M., Alves, E. P., Fonseca, R. A., Mendonça, J. T., Bingham, R., Norreys, P., Silva, L. O.

“…Twisted Laguerre–Gaussian lasers, with orbital angular momentum and characterized by doughnut-shaped intensity profiles, provide a transformative set of tools…”
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Simulations of efficient Raman amplification into the multipetawatt regime by Norreys, P. A, Trines, R. M. G. M, Fiúza, F, Bingham, R, Fonseca, R. A, Silva, L. O, Cairns, R. A

“…Contemporary high-power laser systems make use of solid-state laser technology to reach petawatt pulse powers. The breakdown threshold for optical components…”
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Attosecond and nano-Coulomb electron bunches via the Zero Vector Potential mechanism by Timmis, R. J. L., Paddock, R. W., Ouatu, I., Lee, J., Howard, S., Atonga, E., Ruskov, R. T., Martin, H., Wang, R. H. W., Aboushelbaya, R., Leyen, M. W. von der, Gumbrell, E., Norreys, P. A.

“…The commissioning of multi-petawatt class laser facilities around the world is gathering pace. One of the primary motivations for these investments is the…”
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Monoenergetic beams of relativistic electrons from intense laser-plasma interactions by Mangles, S. P. D, Murphy, C. D, Najmudin, Z, Thomas, A. G. R, Collier, J. L, Dangor, A. E, Divall, E. J, Foster, P. S, Gallacher, J. G, Hooker, C. J, Jaroszynski, D. A, Langley, A. J, Mori, W. B, Norreys, P. A, Tsung, F. S, Viskup, R, Walton, B. R, Krushelnick, K

“…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…”
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Beamed neutron emission driven by laser accelerated light ions by Kar, S, Green, A, Ahmed, H, Alejo, A, Robinson, A P L, Cerchez, M, Clarke, R, Doria, D, Dorkings, S, Fernandez, J, Mirfayzi, S R, McKenna, P, Naughton, K, Neely, D, Norreys, P, Peth, C, Powell, H, Ruiz, J A, Swain, J, Willi, O, Borghesi, M

“…Highly anisotropic, beam-like neutron emission with peak flux of the order of 109 n/sr was obtained from light nuclei reactions in a pitcher-catcher scenario,…”
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High Orbital Angular Momentum Harmonic Generation by Vieira, J, Trines, R M G M, Alves, E P, Fonseca, R A, Mendonça, J T, Bingham, R, Norreys, P, Silva, L O

“…We identify and explore a high orbital angular momentum (OAM) harmonics generation and amplification mechanism that manipulates the OAM independently of any…”
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Observation of Monoenergetic Electrons from Two-Pulse Ionization Injection in Quasilinear Laser Wakefields by von der Leyen, M W, Holloway, J, Ma, Y, Campbell, P T, Aboushelbaya, R, Qian, Q, Antoine, A F, Balcazar, M, Cardarelli, J, Feng, Q, Fitzgarrald, R, Hou, B X, Kalinchenko, G, Latham, J, Maksimchuk, A M, McKelvey, A, Nees, J, Ouatu, I, Paddock, R W, Spiers, B, Thomas, A G R, Timmis, R, Krushelnick, K, Norreys, P A

“…The generation of low emittance electron beams from laser-driven wakefields is crucial for the development of compact x-ray sources. Here, we show new results…”
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High harmonic generation in the relativistic limit by Zepf, M, Dromey, B, Gopal, A, Lancaster, K, Wei, M. S, Krushelnick, K, Tatarakis, M, Vakakis, N, Moustaizis, S, Kodama, R, Tampo, M, Stoeckl, C, Clarke, R, Habara, H, Neely, D, Karsch, S, Norreys, P

“…The generation of extremely bright coherent X-ray pulses in the femtosecond and attosecond regime is currently one of the most exciting frontiers of…”
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Observation of Laser Power Amplification in a Self-Injecting Laser Wakefield Accelerator by Streeter, M J V, Kneip, S, Bloom, M S, Bendoyro, R A, Chekhlov, O, Dangor, A E, Döpp, A, Hooker, C J, Holloway, J, Jiang, J, Lopes, N C, Nakamura, H, Norreys, P A, Palmer, C A J, Rajeev, P P, Schreiber, J, Symes, D R, Wing, M, Mangles, S P D, Najmudin, Z

“…We report on the depletion and power amplification of the driving laser pulse in a strongly driven laser wakefield accelerator. Simultaneous measurement of the…”
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Prospects for high gain inertial fusion energy: an introduction to the first special edition by Norreys, P. A., Ridgers, C., Lancaster, K., Koepke, M., Tynan, G.

“…A European consortium of 15 laboratories across nine nations have worked together under the EUROFusion Enabling Research grants for the past decade with three…”
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Fast heating of ultrahigh-density plasma as a step towards laser fusion ignition by Kodama, R, Norreys, P. A, Mima, K, Dangor, A. E, Evans, R. G, Fujita, H, Kitagawa, Y, Krushelnick, K, Miyakoshi, T, Miyanaga, N, Norimatsu, T, Rose, S. J, Shozaki, T, Shigemori, K, Sunahara, A, Tampo, M, Tanaka, K. A, Toyama, Y, Yamanaka, T, Zepf, M

“…Modern high-power lasers can generate extreme states of matter that are relevant to astrophysics, equation-of-state studies and fusion energy research…”
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Measuring spatio-temporal couplings using modal spatio-spectral wavefront retrieval by Weisse, N, Esslinger, J, Howard, S, Foerster, F M, Haberstroh, F, Doyle, L, Norreys, P, Schreiber, J, Karsch, S, Döpp, A

“…Knowledge of spatio-temporal couplings such as pulse-front tilt or curvature is important to determine the focused intensity of high-power lasers. Common…”
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Scaled laboratory experiments explain the kink behaviour of the Crab Nebula jet by Li, C. K., Tzeferacos, P., Lamb, D., Gregori, G., Norreys, P. A., Rosenberg, M. J., Follett, R. K., Froula, D. H., Koenig, M., Seguin, F. H., Frenje, J. A., Rinderknecht, H. G., Sio, H., Zylstra, A. B., Petrasso, R. D., Amendt, P. A., Park, H. S., Remington, B. A., Ryutov, D. D., Wilks, S. C., Betti, R., Frank, A., Hu, S. X., Sangster, T. C., Hartigan, P., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Lebedev, S. V., Woolsey, N. C.

“…The remarkable discovery by the Chandra X-ray observatory that the Crab nebula’s jet periodically changes direction provides a challenge to our understanding…”
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Guiding of relativistic electron beams in solid targets by resistively controlled magnetic fields by Kar, S, Robinson, A P L, Carroll, D C, Lundh, O, Markey, K, McKenna, P, Norreys, P, Zepf, M

“…Guided transport of a relativistic electron beam in solid is achieved experimentally by exploiting the strong magnetic fields created at the interface of two…”
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Using high-power lasers for detection of elastic photon-photon scattering by Lundström, E, Brodin, G, Lundin, J, Marklund, M, Bingham, R, Collier, J, Mendonça, J T, Norreys, P

“…The properties of four-wave interaction via the nonlinear quantum vacuum is investigated. The effect of the quantum vacuum is to generate photons with new…”
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Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition by Boella, E, Bingham, R, Cairns, R A, Norreys, P, Trines, R, Scott, R, Vranic, M, Shukla, N, Silva, L O

“…Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations are used to explore collisionless shock acceleration in the corona plasma surrounding the compressed core of an…”
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Stabilized Radiation Pressure Acceleration and Neutron Generation in Ultrathin Deuterated Foils by Alejo, A., Ahmed, H., Krygier, A. G., Clarke, R., Freeman, R. R., Fuchs, J., Green, A., Green, J. S., Jung, D., Kleinschmidt, A., Morrison, J. T., Najmudin, Z., Nakamura, H., Norreys, P., Notley, M., Oliver, M., Roth, M., Vassura, L., Zepf, M., Borghesi, M., Kar, S.

“…Premature relativistic transparency of ultrathin, laser-irradiated targets is recognized as an obstacle to achieving a stable Radiation Pressure Acceleration…”
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A Vlasov–Fokker–Planck code for high energy density physics by Tzoufras, M., Bell, A.R., Norreys, P.A., Tsung, F.S.

“…OSHUN is a parallel relativistic 2D3P Vlasov–Fokker–Planck code, developed primarily to study electron transport and instabilities pertaining to…”
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Production of high fluence laser beams using ion wave plasma optics by Kirkwood, R. K., Poole, P. L., Kalantar, D. H., Chapman, T. D., Wilks, S. C., Edwards, M. R., Turnbull, D. P., Michel, P., Divol, L., Fisch, N. J., Norreys, P., Rozmus, W., Bude, J., Blue, B. E., Fournier, K. B., Van Wonterghem, B. M., MacKinnon, A.

“…Optical components for laser beams with high peak and averaged powers are being developed worldwide using stimulated plasma scattering that occurs when plasmas…”
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Bright multi-keV harmonic generation from relativistically oscillating plasma surfaces by Dromey, B, Kar, S, Bellei, C, Carroll, D C, Clarke, R J, Green, J S, Kneip, S, Markey, K, Nagel, S R, Simpson, P T, Willingale, L, McKenna, P, Neely, D, Najmudin, Z, Krushelnick, K, Norreys, P A, Zepf, M

“…The first evidence of x-ray harmonic radiation extending to 3.3 A, 3.8 keV (order n>3200) from petawatt class laser-solid interactions is presented, exhibiting…”
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