Laser-driven strong magnetostatic fields with applications to charged beam transport and magnetized high energy-density physics
Laser-driven strong magnetostatic fields with applications to charged beam transport and magnetized high energy-density physics
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10.1063/1.5018735
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2017-10
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J. Santos;M. Bailly-Grandvaux;M. Bailly-Grandvaux;M. Ehret;M. Ehret;A. Arefiev;D. Batani;F. Beg;A. Calisti;S. Ferri;R. Florido;P. Forestier-Colleoni;P. Forestier-Colleoni;S. Fujioka;M. Gigosos;L. Giuffrida;L. Gremillet;J. Honrubia;S. Kojima;Ph. Korneev;Ph. Korneev;K. Law;J. Marquès;A. Morace;C. Moss'e;O. Peyrusse;S. Rose;Markus Roth;S. Sakata;G. Schaumann;F. Suzuki-Vidal;V. Tikhonchuk;T. Toncian;N. Woolsey;Zhe Zhang
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J. Santos;M. Bailly-Grandvaux;M. Bailly-Grandvaux;M. Ehret;M. Ehret;A. Arefiev;D. Batani;F. Beg;A. Calisti;S. Ferri;R. Florido;P. Forestier-Colleoni;P. Forestier-Colleoni;S. Fujioka;M. Gigosos;L. Giuffrida;L. Gremillet;J. Honrubia;S. Kojima;Ph. Korneev;Ph. Korneev;K. Law;J. Marquès;A. Morace;C. Moss'e;O. Peyrusse;S. Rose;Markus Roth;S. Sakata;G. Schaumann;F. Suzuki-Vidal;V. Tikhonchuk;T. Toncian;N. Woolsey;Zhe Zhang
Powerful laser-plasma processes are explored to generate discharge currents of a few $100\,$kA in coil targets, yielding magnetostatic fields (B-fields) in excess of $0.5\,$kT. The quasi-static currents are provided from hot electron ejection from the laser-irradiated surface. According to our model, describing qualitatively the evolution of the discharge current, the major control parameter is the laser irradiance $I_{\mathrm{las}}\lambda_{\mathrm{las}}^2$. The space-time evolution of the B-fields is experimentally characterized by high-frequency bandwidth B-dot probes and by proton-deflectometry measurements. The magnetic pulses, of ns-scale, are long enough to magnetize secondary targets through resistive diffusion. We applied it in experiments of laser-generated relativistic electron transport into solid dielectric targets, yielding an unprecedented 5-fold enhancement of the energy-density flux at $60 \,\mathrm{\mu m}$ depth, compared to unmagnetized transport conditions. These studies pave the ground for magnetized high-energy density physics investigations, related to laser-generated secondary sources of radiation and/or high-energy particles and their transport, to high-gain fusion energy schemes and to laboratory astrophysics.