Multi-PetaWatt Laser-Plasma Interactions: A New Frontier in Physics

McKenna, Paul (Fellow)

Project: Research Fellowship

Project Details

Status	Finished
Effective start/end date	1/03/12 → 28/02/17

Funding

EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council): £1,330,509.00

56 Article
3 Letter
2 Special issue
1 Conference contribution book
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- 1 Doctoral Thesis

Characteristics of ion beams generated in the interaction of ultra-short laser pulses with ultra-thin foils
McIlvenny, A., Ahmed, H., Scullion, C., Doria, D., Romagnani, L., Martin, P., Naughton, K., Sgattoni, A., Symes, D. R., Macchi, A., McKenna, P., Zepf, M., Kar, S. & Borghesi, M., 5 Mar 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 15 p.
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Energy absorption and coupling to electrons in the transition from surface- to volume-dominant intense laser-plasma interaction regimes
Williamson, S. D. R., Gray, R. J., King, M., Wilson, R., Dance, R. J., Armstrong, C., Rusby, D. R., Brabetz, C., Wagner, F., Zielbauer, B., Bagnoud, V., Neely, D. & McKenna, P., 27 May 2020, In: New Journal of Physics. 22, 5, 9 p., 053044.
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High order mode structure of intense light fields generated via a laser-driven relativistic plasma aperture
Duff, M. J., Wilson, R., King, M., Gonzalez-Izquierdo, B., Higginson, A., Williamson, S. D. R., Davidson, Z. E., Capdessus, R., Booth, N., Hawkes, S., Neely, D., Gray, R. J. & McKenna, P., 9 Jan 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 10 p., 105.
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Data for: "High order mode structure of intense light fields generated via a laser-driven relativistic plasma aperture"
Duff, M. J. (Creator), King, M. (Creator), McKenna, P. (Creator) & Gray, R. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 9 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.15129/96968b25-c742-43e8-8433-6650e9018494
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Data for: "Near-100 MeV protons via a laser-driven transparency-enhanced hybrid acceleration scheme"
Higginson, A. (Creator), McKenna, P. (Creator) & King, M. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 26 Feb 2018
DOI: 10.15129/5f3448cf-6737-4e21-ae69-742ab8d8631c
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Data for: "An optically multiplexed single–shot time resolving probe of laser–plasma dynamics"
Gray, R. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 8 Feb 2019
DOI: 10.15129/aed278e4-ba1e-4653-880c-72a58e4b7803
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Ion acceleration in ultra-thin foils undergoing relativistically induced transparency
Author: Powell, H., 21 Oct 2015
Supervisor: McKenna, P. (Supervisor) & Jaroszynski, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
On the role of focal spot size in ultra-intense laser-solid interaction physics
Author: Wilson, R., 8 Mar 2018
Supervisor: McKenna, P. (Supervisor) & Jaroszynski, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
On the use of multiple high intensity laser pulses in ion acceleration experiments
Author: Scott, G. G., 25 Nov 2014
Supervisor: McKenna, P. (Supervisor) & Jaroszynski, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

22 Invited talk
13 Key-note speaker and plenary lectures at conferences
6 Visiting an external academic institution
4 Participation in conference
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GSI mbH, PHELIX Dept
Paul McKenna (Visiting researcher)
8 Jan 2018 → 27 Jan 2018
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
Invited talk at the International Conference on Ultrafast Optical Science (UltrafastLIght-2017)
Paul McKenna (Speaker)
3 Oct 2017 → 5 Oct 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Invited talk at the 2nd Conference on Extremely High Intensity Laser Physics (2017)
Paul McKenna (Speaker)
6 Sep 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk