Enhanced laser–plasma interactions using non-imaging optical concentrator targets
Journal article published in 2020 by
Andrew G. MacPhee 
,
David Alessi ,
Hui Chen,
Ginevra Cochran,
Mark R. Hermann,
Daniel H. Kalantar,
Andreas J. Kemp,
Shaun M. Kerr ,
Anthony J. Link,
Tammy Ma,
Andrew J. Mackinnon,
Derek A. Mariscal,
David Schlossberg,
Riccardo Tommasini ,
Scott Vonhof
and other authors.
,
David Alessi ,
Hui Chen,
Ginevra Cochran,
Mark R. Hermann,
Daniel H. Kalantar,
Andreas J. Kemp,
Shaun M. Kerr ,
Anthony J. Link,
Tammy Ma,
Andrew J. Mackinnon,
Derek A. Mariscal,
David Schlossberg,
Riccardo Tommasini ,
Scott Vonhof
and other authors.
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Abstract
Picosecond-scale laser–matter interactions using compound parabolic concentrators have demonstrated strongly relativistic ponderomotive effects with ∼ 10 × increase in x-ray source brightness, positron production and multi-MeV proton acceleration versus flat targets, using a marginally relativistic intensity laser.