L. A. Wilson

TL;DR: In this article, a 10-picosecond drive pulse was used to tailor the spectral content for radiography with medium density alloy metals, and the impact of using >1ps pulse duration on laser-accelerated electron beam generation and transport was discussed alongside the optimisation of subsequent Bremsstrahlung emission in thin, high atomic number target foils.

TL;DR: In this paper, the scaling of maximum proton energy and total beam energy content at ultra-high intensities of ∼1021 W cm−2 was investigated, with the interplay between target thickness and laser pre-pulse found to be a key factor.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate that laser driven fast (∼MeV) neutrons can be efficiently moderated to epithermal energies with intrinsically short burst durations using a compact moderator deployed downstream of the laser-driven fast neutron source.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured the shifts of the $1s3p{\phantom{\rule{016em}{0ex}}}^{1}{P}_{1]-1}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}1{s}^{2}1}{S}_{0}$ He-$\ensureMath{\beta}$ transition of ${\mathrm{Cl}}^{15+}$ were measured in hot plasmas generated by a (66--151)-J short-pulse laser beam at the Orion laser facility.

TL;DR: The first demonstration of plasma mirrors made using freely suspended, ultra-thin films formed dynamically and in-situ, and novel particle-in-cell simulations that for the first time incorporate multiphoton ionization and dielectric models that are necessary for describing plasma mirrors are described.