Photon Statistics of a Non-Stationary Periodically Driven Single-Photon Source by Hennrich, M, Legero, T, Kuhn, A, Rempe, G

“…The photons are emitted by shining a periodic sequence of laser pulses on single atoms falling randomly through a high-finesse optical cavity. …”

Mitigating the hosing instability in relativistic laser-plasma interactions by Norreys, P, Ceurvorst, L, Ratan, N, Levy, M, Kasim, M, Sadler, J, Scott, R, Trines, R, Huang, T, Skramic, M, Vranic, M, Silva, L

“…A new physical model of the hosing instability that includes relativistic laser pulses and moderate densities is presented and derives the density dependence of the hosing equation. …”

Atom probe tomography today by Cerezo, A, Clifton, P, Galtrey, M, Humphreys, C, Kelly, T, Larson, D, Lozano-Perez, S, Marquis, E, Oliver, R, Sha, G, Thompson, K, Zandbergen, M, Alvis, R

“…This review aims to describe and illustrate the advances in the application of atom probe tomography that have been made possible by recent developments, particularly in specimen preparation techniques (using dual-beam focused-ion beam instruments) but also of the more routine use of laser pulsing. The combination of these two developments now permits atomic-scale investigation of site-specific regions within engineering alloys (e.g. at grain boundaries and in the vicinity of cracks) and also the atomic-level characterization of interfaces in multilayers, oxide films, and semiconductor materials and devices. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. …”

Effect of relativistic plasma on extreme-ultraviolet harmonic emission from intense laser-matter interactions by Krushelnick, K, Rozmus, W, Wagner, U, Beg, F, Bochkarev, S, Clark, E, Dangor, A, Evans, R, Gopal, A, Habara, H, Mangles, S, Norreys, P, Robinson, A, Tatarakis, M, Wei, MS, Zepf, M

“…Experiments were performed in which intense laser pulses (up to 9×1019 W/cm2) were used to irradiate very thin (submicron) mass-limited aluminum foil targets. …”

Investigations of laser-driven radiative blast waves in clustered gases by Symes, DR, Hohenberger, M, Lazarus, J, Osterhoff, J, Moore, A, Faeustlin, R, Edens, A, Doyle, H, Carley, R, Marocchino, A, Chittenden, J, Bernstein, A, Gumbrell, E, Dunne, M, Smith, R, Ditmire, T

“…Radiative blast waves can be created by focusing intense laser pulses into highly absorbing clustered gases. By considering the plasma conditions these shocks can be categorized as optically thin radiative shocks, a regime of particular interest for laboratory astrophysics experiments. …”

Mitigating the hosing instability in relativistic laser-plasma interactions by Ceurvorst, L, Ratan, N, Levy, M, Kasim, M, Sadler, J, Scott, R, Trines, R, Huang, T, Skramic, M, Vranic, M, Silva, L, Norreys, P

“…A new physical model of the hosing instability that includes relativistic laser pulses and moderate densities is presented and derives the density dependence of the hosing equation. …”

Radiobiology experiments with a laser driven x-ray source: Exploring the UHDR regime by Reija A., Contreras-Martínez R., Coathup A., Barranco F., Juan J., Alejo A., Bembibre A., Benlliure J., Peñas J., Aguado-Barrera M.E., Vega A., Ruiz C., Seimetz M.

“…Because of the high intensity of the laser pulses, these laser-induced x-ray sources can achieve peak dose rates compatible with the FLASH regime. …”
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A Wigner Function Approach to Coherence in a Talbot-Lau Interferometer by Eric Imhof, James Stickney, Matthew Squires

“…This interferometer uses two short laser pulses, separated by time T, which act as a phase grating for the matter waves. …”
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Fabrication and optical characterization of erbium-doped silicon diode for quantum communication applications by Tavani Giulio, Franzò Giorgia, Castriotta Michele, Ferrari Giorgio, Picciariello Francesco, Foletto Giulio, Agnesi Costantino, Villoresi Paolo, Vallone Giuseppe, Rotta Davide, Barri Chiara, Mafakheri Erfan, Celebrano Michele, Finazzi Marco, Bollani Monica, Prati Enrico

“…Quantum Key Distribution allows two users to exchange secret keys and it is based on the transmission of single photons or attenuated laser pulses. Recently, sources based on multiple single-photon emitters were demonstrated to be suitable for QKD. …”
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Experimental observation of transverse modulations in laser-driven proton beams by J Metzkes, T Kluge, K Zeil, M Bussmann, S D Kraft, T E Cowan, U Schramm

“…We report on the experimental observation of transverse modulations in proton beams accelerated from micrometer thick targets which were irradiated with ultra-short (30 fs) laser pulses of a peak intensity of 5 × 10 ^20  W cm ^−2 . …”
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Double optical gating of high order harmonics from plasma surfaces by R E Smith, E White, P M Gilmore, B Dromey, M Yeung

“…This scheme, which uses a second harmonic field, combined with a pair of counter-rotating circularly polarized laser pulses, leads to more efficient attosecond pulse generation with improved temporal isolation when compared to a single colour polarization gating scheme.…”
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Submillimeter-resolution radiography of shielded structures with laser-accelerated electron beams by Vidya Ramanathan, Sudeep Banerjee, Nathan Powers, Nathaniel Cunningham, Nathan A. Chandler-Smith, Kun Zhao, Kevin Brown, Donald Umstadter, Shaun Clarke, Sara Pozzi, James Beene, C R Vane, David Schultz

“…A bright, monoenergetic electron beam (with energy >100  MeV) was generated by the process of laser-wakefield acceleration through the interaction of 50-TW, 30-fs laser pulses with a supersonic helium jet. The high energy, low divergence, and small source size of these beams make them ideal for high-resolution radiographic studies of cracks or voids embedded in dense materials that are placed at a large distance from the source. …”
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Generation of Ultrafast Optical Pulses via Molecular Modulation in Ambient Air by Yuta Nakano, Anton D. Shutov, Totaro Imasaka, Alexei V. Sokolov

“…We produced a broad spectrum consisting of mutually coherent optical sidebands via collinear Raman generation driven by two picosecond laser pulses that are Raman-resonant with molecular vibrations of nitrogen. …”
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Refractive index dispersion measurement using carrier-envelope phasemeters by Peter Hansinger, Philipp Töpfer, Nikolay Dimitrov, Daniel Adolph, Dominik Hoff, Tim Rathje, A Max Sayler, Alexander Dreischuh, Gerhard G Paulus

“…We introduce a novel method for direct and accurate measurement of refractive index dispersion based on carrier-envelope phase detection of few-cycle laser pulses, exploiting the difference between phase and group velocity in a dispersive medium. …”
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Laser-Assisted Fabrication for Metal Halide Perovskite-2D Nanoconjugates: Control on the Nanocrystal Density and Morphology by Athanasia Kostopoulou, Konstantinos Brintakis, Efthymis Serpetzoglou, Emmanuel Stratakis

“…We show that a small number of laser pulses is sufficient to decorate the 2-dimensional (2D) flakes with metal-halide nanocrystals without affecting their primary morphology. …”
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Optical gain appearance in the CdSe/CdS nanoplatelets colloidal solution by Alexander M. Smirnov, Anastasia D. Golinskaya, Vladimir N. Mantsevich, Maria V. Kozlova, Kseniia V. Ezhova, Bedil M. Saidzhonov, Roman B. Vasiliev, Vladimir S. Dneprovskii

“…The experimental investigations of the colloidal heterostructured CdSe/CdS nanoplatelets transient absorption in the regime of one-photon stationary excitation of excitons by high-intensity nanosecond laser pulses are presented. A strong dependence of exciton’s transitions behavior on nanoplatelets concentration in colloidal solution and pump intensities was studied for the first time. …”
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Nonlinear Diffuse fs-Pulse Reflectometry of Harmonic Upconversion Nanoparticles by Christian Kijatkin, Juliane Eggert, Sergej Bock, Dirk Berben, Laura Oláh, Zsuzsanna Szaller, Zsolt Kis, Mirco Imlau

“…Using intense ultrashort 40 femtosecond laser pulses and an appropriate figure of merit (FOM), second and third harmonic emission serve for the structural characterization of polar Yb-doped lithium niobate and non-polar titanium dioxide nanoparticles. …”
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Directivity Control of Terahertz Radiation from Single-Color Filament Plasma with Polypropylene Pipe by Daria Mokrousova, Leonid Seleznev, Dmitrii Pushkarev, Georgy Rizaev, Maximilian Levus, Andrey Koribut, Yakov Grudtsyn

“…Two-dimensional angular distribution of terahertz emission from single-color filamentation of laser pulses is experimentally studied. The use of a polypropylene pipe makes it possible to transform the angular pattern of terahertz radiation from the original hollow-cone one to a more preferable unimodal structure within the terahertz frequency range. …”
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Monitoring of Evolving Laser Induced Periodic Surface Structures by Andrea Lübcke, Zsuzsanna Pápa, Matthias Schnürer

“…Laser induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) are generated on titanium and silicon nitride surfaces by multiple femtosecond laser pulses. An optical imaging system is used to observe the backscattered light during the patterning process. …”
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Analysis of Combination Frequencies Arising from the Ionization of Gases by Multicolor Femtosecond Pulses by Ivan Laryushin, Alexander Romanov

“…This paper presents an analytical method for calculating the amplitudes of arbitrary spectral components of free electron currents arising under the action of multicolor ionizing laser pulses. We show that this method can be used to obtain the dependences of characteristics of a frequency-tunable third harmonic of the intense component of a three-color pulse obtained in an optical parametric generator. …”
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