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Ultrahigh Dose Rate Irradiation Regulates Mitochondrial DNA‐induced Interferon‐β Secretion via Cytochrome c Leakage Open

Jianfeng Lv, Jianhan Sun, Yunbin Luo, Juntao Liu, Di Wu , et al. · 2025

Laser-driven fast neutron sources for green energy applications Open

Federico Canova, Itamar Cohen, S. Galès, L. A. Gizzi, G. Mourou , et al. · 2025

Invited - Lightwave-Controlled Relativistic Plasma Mirrors At kHz Repetition Rate Open

Antoine Cavagna, Milo Eder, Jaismeen Kaur, André Kalouguine, Christian Cabello , et al. · 2025

Plasma mirrors driven at kHz-repetition-rate with waveform-controlled relativistic-intensity near-single-cycle laser pulses produce extreme ultraviolet spectral continua supporting isolated attosecond pulses with diffraction limited beam q…

Continuous relativistic high-harmonic generation from a kHz liquid-sheet plasma mirror Open

Antoine Cavagna, Milo Eder, Enam Chowdhury, André Kalouguine, Jaismeen Kaur , et al. · 2024

We report on continuous high-harmonic generation (HHG) at 1 kHz repetition rate from a liquid-sheet plasma mirror driven by relativistic-intensity near-single-cycle light transients. Through precise control of both the surface plasma densi…

Continuous relativistic high-harmonic generation from a kHz liquid-sheet plasma mirror Open

Antoine Cavagna, Milo Eder, Enam Chowdhury, André Kalouguine, Jaismeen Kaur , et al. · 2024

We report on continuous high-harmonic generation at 1 kHz repetition rate from a liquid-sheet plasma mirror driven by relativistic-intensity near-single-cycle light transients. Through precise control of both the surface plasma density gra…

Towards a 1010 n/s neutron source with kHz repetition rate, few-cycle laser pulses Open

K. Osvay, L. Stuhl, Parvin Varmazyar, Tibor Gilinger, Z. Elekes , et al. · 2024

A project has been launched for the development of a laser-based neutron source with the few-cycle lasers available at ELI ALPS. Here we show the first experiments, when deuterons were accelerated from ultrathin deuterated foils at 1 Hz re…

FLASH Irradiation Regulates IFN-β induction by mtDNA via Cytochrome c Leakage Open

Jianfeng Lv, Jianhan Sun, Yunbin Luo, Juntao Liu, Di Wu , et al. · 2024

Ultrahigh dose rate radiotherapy (FLASH-RT) is under intensive investigation for its biological benefits. The mechanisms underlying its ability to spare normal tissues while suppress tumor growth still remain controversial. Here we reveal …

PetaVolts per meter Plasmonics: introducing extreme nanoscience as a route towards scientific frontiers Open

Aakash A. Sahai, Mark Gołkowski, Stephen D. Gedney, T. Katsouleas, G. Andonian , et al. · 2023

A new class of plasmons has opened access to unprecedented PetaVolts per meter electromagnetic fields which can transform the paradigm of scientific and technological advances. This includes non-collider searches in fundamental physics in …

Ion acceleration with few-cycle relativistic laser pulses from foil targets Open

S. Ter–Avetisyan, Parvin Varmazyar, Prashant Kumar Singh, Joon-Gon Son, Miklos Fule , et al. · 2023

Ion acceleration resulting from the interaction of 11 fs laser pulses of 35 mJ energy with ultrahigh contrast ( target. The high laser contrast indicates the predominance of vacuum heating via Brunel’s effect as an absorption mechanism …

AnaBHEL (Analog Black Hole Evaporation via Lasers) Experiment: Concept, Design, and Status Open

Pisin Chen, G. Mourou, M. Besançon, Yuji Fukuda, J. F. Glicenstein , et al. · 2022

Accelerating relativistic mirrors have long been recognized as viable settings where the physics mimic those of the black hole Hawking radiation. In 2017, Chen and Mourou proposed a novel method to realize such a system by traversing an ul…

Ion acceleration with few cycle relativistic laser pulses from foil targets Open

S. Ter–Avetisyan, Parvin Varmazyar, Prashant Singh, Joon-Gon Son, Miklos Fule , et al. · 2022

Ion acceleration resulting from the interaction of 11 fs laser pulses of ~35 mJ energy with ultrahigh contrast (<10^-10), and 10^19 W/cm^2 peak intensity with foil targets made of various materials and thicknesses at normal (0-degree) and …

Laser Wakefield Photoneutron Generation with Few-Cycle High-Repetition-Rate Laser Systems Open

D. Papp, A. Nečas, N. Hafz, T. Tajima, S. Galès , et al. · 2022

Simulations of photoneutron generation are presented for the anticipated experimental campaign at ELI-ALPS using the under-commissioning e-SYLOS beamline. Photoneutron generation is a three-step process starting with the creation of a rela…

Compressing High Energy Lasers through Optical Polymer Films Open

Jonathan Wheeler, Gabriel Petrişor Bleotu, Andrei Nazîru, R. Fabbri, M. Masruri , et al. · 2022

The thin-film post-compression technique has the ability to reduce the pulse duration in PW-class lasers, increasing the peak power. Here, the nonlinear response of an increasingly available optical thermoplastic demonstrates enhanced spec…

Laser Ion Acceleration in a Near Critical Density Trap Open

A. Nečas, T. Tajima, G. Mourou, K. Osvay · 2022

In order to accelerate ions by a laser, we go back to the original and the fundamental idea of how longitudinal field structure generation can be carried out in an ionized media and how particles may be trapped by the created wakefield. Th…

Ultrafast Fiber Technologies for Compact Laser Wake Field in Medical Application Open

W.T. Sha, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, G. Mourou · 2022

Technologies, performances and maturity of ultrafast fiber lasers and fiber delivery of ultrafast pulses are discussed for the medical deployment of laser-wake-field acceleration (LWFA). The compact ultrafast fiber lasers produce intense l…

AnaBHEL (Analog Black Hole Evaporation via Lasers) Experiment: Concept, Design, and Status Open

AnaBHEL Collaboration, Pisin Chen, G. Mourou, Marc Besancon, Yuji Fukuda , et al. · 2022

Accelerating relativistic mirror has long been recognized as a viable setting where the physics mimics that of black hole Hawking radiation. In 2017, Chen and Mourou proposed a novel method to realize such a system by traversing an ultra-i…

PetaVolts per meter Plasmonics: Snowmass21 White Paper Open

Aakash A. Sahai, Mark Gołkowski, Stephen D. Gedney, T. Katsouleas, G. Andonian , et al. · 2022

Plasmonic modes offer the potential to achieve PetaVolts per meter fields, that would transform the current paradigm in collider development in addition to non-collider searches in fundamental physics. PetaVolts per meter plasmonics relies…

Multiscale study of high energy attosecond pulse interaction with matter and application to proton–Boron fusion Open

X. Ribeyre, R. Capdessus, Jonathan Wheeler, E. d’Humières, G. Mourou · 2022

For several decades, the interest of the scientific community in aneutronic fusion reactions such as proton–Boron fusion has grown because of potential applications in different fields. Recently, many scientific teams in the world have wor…

Spectral broadening for multi-Joule pulse compression in the APOLLON Long Focal Area facility Open

Petrişor Bleotu, Jonathan Wheeler, Dimitris N. Papadopoulos, M. Chabanis, Julien Prudent , et al. · 2022

Spectral-broadening of the APOLLON PW-class laser pulses using a thin-film compression technique within the long-focal-area interaction chamber of the APOLLON laser facility is reported, demonstrating the delivery of the full energy pulse …

Fusion Driven Transmutation of Transuranics in a Molten Salt Open

Joshua Tanner, A. Nečas, S. Galès, G. Mourou, T. Tajima · 2021

A first set of computational studies of transmutation of spent nuclear fuel using compact tunable 14 MeV D-T fusion driven neutron sources is presenter. Where we study the controllability, time evolution, as well as effects of spatial dist…

Demonstration of tailored energy deposition in a laser proton accelerator Open

Jungao Zhu, Minjian Wu, Kejun Zhu, Yixing Geng, Qing Liao , et al. · 2020

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Passion Extreme Light Open

G. Mourou · 2019

CPA laser exhibits stunning capabilities. It can generate the largest field, the largest pressure, the highest temperature and accelerating field, making it a universal source of high energy particle and radiation. Many applications are fo…

Nonlinear compression of high-power laser pulses: compression after compressor approach Open

Е. А. Хазанов, Sergey Mironov, G. Mourou · 2019

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Accelerating Plasma Mirrors to Investigate the Black Hole Information Loss Paradox Open

Pisin Chen, G. Mourou · 2017

The question of whether Hawking evaporation violates unitarity, and therefore results in the loss of information, has remained unresolved since Hawking's seminal discovery. To date, the investigations have remained mostly theoretical since…

Ultra-high gradient channeling acceleration in nanostructures: Design/progress of proof-of-concept (POC) experiments Open

Youngmin Shin, A. Green, A.H. Lumpkin, R. Thurman-Keup, Vladimir Shiltsev , et al. · 2017

This paper describes simulation analyses on beam and laser (X-ray)-driven\naccelerations in effective nanotube models obtained from Vsim and EPOCH codes.\nExperimental setups to detect wakefields are also outlined with accelerator\nfacilit…

Erratum: “Proton acceleration by single-cycle laser pulses offers a novel monoenergetic and stable operating regime” [Phys. Plasmas <b>23</b>, 043112 (2016)] Open

Mei Zhou, X. Q. Yan, G. Mourou, Jonathan Wheeler, Jianhui Bin , et al. · 2016

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Roadmap on ultrafast optics Open

Derryck T. Reid, Christoph M. Heyl, Robert R. Thomson, Rick Trebino, Günter Steinmeyer , et al. · 2016

The year 2015 marked the 25th anniversary of modern ultrafast optics, since the demonstration of the first Kerr lens modelocked Ti:sapphire laser in 1990 (Spence et al 1990 Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO, pp 619–20) heralded an e…

Picosecond-petawatt laser-block ignition for avalanche fusion of boron by ultrahigh acceleration and ultrahigh magnetic fields Open

Heinrich Hora, P. Lalousis, L. Giuffrida, D. Margarone, G. Korn , et al. · 2016

Fusion energy from reacting hydrogen (protons) with the boron isotope 11 (HB11) resulting in three stable helium nuclei, is without problem of nuclear radiation in contrast to DT fusion. But the HB11 reaction driven by nanosecond laser pul…

Roadmap on ultrafast optics Open

Derryck T. Reid, Christoph M. Heyl, Robert R. Thomson, Rick Trebino, Günter Steinmeyer , et al. · 2016

The year 2015 marked the 25th anniversary of modern ultrafast optics, since the demonstration of the first Kerr lens modelocked Ti:sapphire laser in 1990 (Spence et al 1990 Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO, pp 619-20) heralded an e…

Science and applications of the coherent amplifying network (CAN) laser Open

G. Mourou · 2015

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