Sökning: "Terawatt"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Terawatt.

  1. 1. Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration - Improving Performance Through Smart Target Design

    Författare :Matthias Burza; Atomfysik; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; wakefield; ultra-relativistic; ultra-intense; TNSA; Terawatt; sheath; proton; polarimetry; plasma mirror; plasma; Petawatt; particle; oscillation; Normarski; micromachining; LWFA; laser; interferometry; electron; contrast; acceleration; bubble; Fysicumarkivet A:2012:Burza;

    Sammanfattning : Laser-driven particle acceleration makes use of sub-picosecond, pulsed, high-power laser systems, capable of producing intensities ~10^{19} W/cm^2 at the laser focus to form plasmas, and use ultra-relativistic and nonlinear dynamics to produce quasistatic acceleration fields. This allows electrons to be accelerated to ~100 MeV over sub-centimetre distances, while protons may be accelerated to the ~10 MeV regime. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Target and Laser Pulse Optimization for Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration

    Författare :Alexander Permogorov; Atomfysik; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Terawatt laser; Target normal sheath acceleration; laser-driven ion acceleration; proton acceleration; double plasma mirror; Thomson parabola spectrometer; Fysicumarkivet A:2021:Permogorov;

    Sammanfattning : The research presented in this thesis is primarily focused on experimental investigations of laser-driven ion acceleration from solid targets via the target normal sheath acceleration mechanism. In particular, ways of optimizing the absorption of the laser pulse energy by free plasma electrons in the target, or modifying the shape of the accelerating electron sheath were addressed. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Generation of coherent short-wavelength radiation --- High-order harmonics and x-ray lasers

    Författare :Tomas Starczewski; Atomfysik; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Atomic and molecular physics; short-wavelength radiation; coherence; high-intensity lasers; high-order harmonics; x-ray lasers; Atom- och molekylärfysik;

    Sammanfattning : The recent availability of short-pulse, high-intensity, compact lasers has opened doors to new and fascinating areas in atomic physics. Using the Lund Terawatt Laser, the interaction of femtosecond, near-infrared and visible laser radiation with matter at intensities in the range 1013--1017 W/cm2 was studied. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Efficiency Enhancement Techniques for Free-Electron Lasers

    Författare :Alan Mak; Lunds universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; free-electron laser; accelerator physics; efficiency enhancement; undulator tapering; phase jump method; synchrotron radiation; Fysicumarkivet:2017:Mak;

    Sammanfattning : The central question addressed in this thesis is how to make the free-electron laser (FEL) more efficient. In recent years, coherent diffraction imaging provides an important motivation for efficiency enhancement. This is because a more efficient FEL process enables converting a larger fraction of the electron beam's power into optical power. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Focusing properties of attosecond pulses

    Författare :Maria Hoflund; Atomfysik; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : The discovery of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) has made it possible to see the electron dynamics on their natural time scale, attoseconds. In the HHG process, a femtosecond infrared (IR) laser pulse is converted into a train of attosecond pulses in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV), but with a very low conversion efficiency. LÄS MER