Ion source perturbation and control in intense laser plasma interaction

B. Ramakrishna; S. Krishnamurthy; M. Tayyab; S. Bagchi; K. Makur; Raoul Trines; Robbie Scott; Alex Robinson; J. A. Chakera

doi:10.1063/5.0004801

Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 5, Issue 4, 045402(2020)

Ion source perturbation and control in intense laser plasma interaction

B. Ramakrishna1,a)... S. Krishnamurthy1, M. Tayyab2,3, S. Bagchi2, K. Makur1, Raoul Trines4, Robbie Scott4, Alex Robinson4, and J. A. Chakera23 |Show fewer author(s)

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy 502285, India

²Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India

³Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India

⁴Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom

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Paper Information

Category: Inertial Confinement Fusion Physics

Received: Feb. 15, 2020

Accepted: May. 17, 2020

Published Online: Nov. 25, 2020

The Author Email: Ramakrishna B. (bhuvan@iith.ac.in)

DOI:10.1063/5.0004801

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