An international team of physicists has achieved a significant advance in laser science, demonstrating for the first time a ...
Plasma, ionized gas and the fourth state of matter, makes up over 99% of the ordinary matter in the universe. Understanding its properties is critical for developing fusion energy sources, modeling ...
Ultrafast lasers tracked plasma formation and ionization in copper with picosecond precision. Results show rapid ion growth ...
Measuring conditions in volatile clouds of superheated gases known as plasmas is central to pursuing greater scientific understanding of how stars, nuclear detonations and fusion energy work. For ...
This animation shows a 3D rendering of plasma waves (blue) excited by a petawatt laser pulse (red) at Berkeley Lab's BELLA Center as it propagates in a plasma channel. Some of the background electrons ...
Laser-plasma interactions represent a cornerstone of high-energy-density physics, where intense laser pulses interact with solid or gaseous targets to generate plasmas. This process underpins the ...
In a few picoseconds (trillionths of a second), a small, thin piece of copper momentarily becomes dense plasma, specifically a state called warm dense matter, warm being a relative term – the metal is ...
Laser plasma acceleration is a potentially disruptive technology: It could be used to build far more compact accelerators and open up new use cases in fundamental research, industry and health.