With dual lasers, researchers have accelerated a high-quality beam of electrons to 10 billion electronvolts in just 30 centimeters. The experiment gives scientists a 'frame-by-frame' look at how a ...

Measuring conditions in volatile clouds of superheated gases known as plasmas is central to pursuing greater scientific understanding of how stars, nuclear detonations and fusion energy work. For ...

In a striking glimpse into extreme physics, scientists have captured the split-second chaos that unfolds when powerful laser flashes blast matter into a superheated plasma. By combining two ...

With the surpassed figure-of-merit (FOM), LSP is a promising broadband source for industrial applications. However, due to the negative lensing effect of plasma, the laser transmission path is ...

In a laser-plasma accelerator 1, the interaction of a high-intensity laser pulse with a plasma creates a trailing density modulation, the plasma wave, which supports electric fields several orders of ...

Scientists have used a pair of lasers and a supersonic sheet of gas to accelerate electrons to high energies in less than a foot. The development marks a major step forward in laser-plasma ...