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Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 9, Issue 5, 057202(2024)

Compact ultrafast neutron sources via bulk acceleration of deuteron ions in an optical trap

Zhiyu Lei1...2, Hanghang Ma1,2,3, Xiaobo Zhang1,2,4, Lin Yu1,2, Yihang Zhang5, Yutong Li5, Suming Weng1,2, Min Chen1,2, Jie Zhang1,2,3, and Zhengming Sheng1,23,a) |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas and School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Centre of IFSA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 3Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
  • 4College of Physics and Electronics Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
  • 5Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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    Zhiyu Lei, Hanghang Ma, Xiaobo Zhang, Lin Yu, Yihang Zhang, Yutong Li, Suming Weng, Min Chen, Jie Zhang, Zhengming Sheng. Compact ultrafast neutron sources via bulk acceleration of deuteron ions in an optical trap[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(5): 057202

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    Received: Mar. 18, 2024

    Accepted: Jun. 10, 2024

    Published Online: Oct. 14, 2024

    The Author Email: Sheng Zhengming (zmsheng@sjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1063/5.0208901

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