Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Enhancing laser beam performance by interfering intense laser beamlets

  • A. Morace,
  • N. Iwata,
  • Y. Sentoku,
  • K. Mima,
  • Y. Arikawa,
  • A. Yogo,
  • A. Andreev,
  • S. Tosaki,
  • X. Vaisseau,
  • Y. Abe,
  • S. Kojima,
  • S. Sakata,
  • M. Hata,
  • S. Lee,
  • K. Matsuo,
  • N. Kamitsukasa,
  • T. Norimatsu,
  • J. Kawanaka,
  • S. Tokita,
  • N. Miyanaga,
  • H. Shiraga,
  • Y. Sakawa,
  • M. Nakai,
  • H. Nishimura,
  • H. Azechi,
  • S. Fujioka,
  • R. Kodama

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10997-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Enhanced coupling of laser energy to the target particles is a fundamental issue in laser-plasma interactions. Here the authors demonstrate increased photon absorption leading into higher laser to electron and proton energy transfer through the interference of multiple coherent beamlets.