Laser operations model PSOPS of OMEGA EP laser-system

Laser-system model for enhanced operational performance and flexibility on OMEGA EP

M. J. Guardalben, M. Barczys, B. E. Kruschwitz, M. Spilatro, L. J. Waxer, and E. M. Hill

Illustration showing dephasingless laser wakefield acceleration

Dephasingless Laser Wakefield Acceleration

J. P. Palastro, J. L. Shaw, P. Franke, D. Ramsey, T. T. Simpson, and D. H. Froula

Measuring heat flux from collective Thomson scattering with non-Maxwellian distribution functions

Heat flux was measured in coronal plasmas using collective Thomson scattering from electron-plasma waves. A laser-produced plasma from a planar aluminum target created a temperature gradient along the target normal.

A rate-doubled 10-GHz fiducial comb generator for precision optical timing calibration

Solid-state optical fiducial timing pulse generators provide a convenient and accurate method to include timing fiducials in a streak-camera image for time-base correction.