Publications

Upcoming publication pre-prints

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Jue Xuan Hao, Xiang Tang, A. Arefiev, Robert J. Kingham, Ping Zhu, Yin Shi, and Jian Zheng, "Generation of 10 kT axial magnetic fields using multiple conventional laser beams: a sensitivity study for kJ PW-class laser facilities"
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S. M. Buczek, G. W. Collins, A. Arefiev, and M. Manuel, "Arbitrary pulse-shaping in ultrashort pulse lasers using high-resolution direct phase control in the spectral domain"
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K. Tangtartharakul, G. Fauvel, T. Meir, F. Condamine, S. Weber, I. Pomerantz , M. Manuel, and A. Arefiev, "Achieving collimated gamma-ray emission from direct laser acceleration"
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I-L. Yeh, K. Tangtartharakul, H. Tang, L. Willingale, and A. Arefiev, "Efficient backward x-ray emission in a finite-length plasma irradiated by a laser pulse of ps duration"

Published articles

2024
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P. Kordell, C. Zulick, A. E. Hussein, A. Arefiev, T. Batson, J. Cobble, V. Glebov, D. Haberberger, C. Stoeckl, P. M. Nilson, K. Krushelnick, and L. Willingale, "Quasi-monoenergetic ion acceleration and neutron generation from laser-driven transverse collisionless shocks", Phys. Plasmas 31, 103110 (2024).
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T. Meir, I. Cohen, K. Tangtartharakul, T. Cohen, M. Fraenkel, A. Arefiev, and I. Pomerantz, "Plasma-guided Compton source", Phys. Rev. Applied 22, 044004 (2024).
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Y. Shi, X. Zhang, A. Arefiev, and B. Shen, "Advances in laser-plasma interactions using intense vortex laser beams", Sci. China-Phys. Mech. Astron. 67, 295201 (2024)
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M. Pokornik, D. Higginson, G. Swadling, D. Larson, K. Moczulski, B. Pollock, E. Tubman, P. Tzeferacos, H. S. Park, F. Beg, A. Arefiev, and M. Manuel, "A deep learning approach to fast analysis of collective Thomson scattering spectra", Phys. Plasmas 31, 072115 (2024).
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H. Tang, K. Tangtartharakul, R. Babjak, I-L Yeh, F. Albert, H. Chen, P. T. Campbell, Y. Ma, P. M. Nilson, B. K. Russell, J. L. Shaw, A. G. R. Thomas, M. Vranic, A. Arefiev, and L. Willingale, "The influence of laser focusing conditions on the direct laser acceleration of electrons", New J. Phys. 26, 053010 (2024).
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R. Babjak, L. Willingale, A. Arefiev, and M. Vranic, "Direct laser acceleration in underdense plasmas with multi-PW lasers: a path to high-charge, GeV-class electron bunches", Phys. Rev. Letters 132, 125001 (2024).
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J.  P. Palastro, K. G. Miller, R. K. Follett, D. Ramsey, K. Weichman, A. Arefiev, and D. H. Froula, "Space-time structured plasma waves", Phys. Rev. Letters 132, 095101 (2024).
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A. Arefiev, I.-L. Yeh, K. Tangtartharakul, and L. Willingale, "Electron energy gain due to a laser frequency modulation experienced by electron during betatron motion", Physics of Plasmas 31, 023106 (2024).
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I. Cohen, T. Meir, K. Tangtartharakul, L. Perelmutter, M. Elkind, Y. Gershuni, A. Levanon, A. Arefiev, and I. Pomerantz, "Undepleted direct laser acceleration", Sci. Adv. 10, eadk1947 (2024).
2023
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M. Elkind, I. Cohen, D. Blackman, T. Meir, L. Perelmutter, T. Catabi, A. Levanon, S. Glenzer, A. Arefiev, and I. Pomerantz, "Intense laser interaction with micro‐bars", Scientific Reports 13, 21345 (2023)
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M. Habibi, A. Arefiev, and T. Toncian, "High field suppression of bremsstrahlung emission in high-intensity laser–plasma interactions", Phys. Plasmas 30, 103108 (2023).
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K. Sugimoto, Y. He, N. Iwata, I-L. Yeh, K. Tangtartharakul, A. Arefiev, and Y. Sentoku, "Positron generation and acceleration in a self-organized photon collider enabled by an ultraintense laser pulse", Phys. Rev. Letters 131, 065102 (2023).
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Yin Shi, Alexey Arefiev, Jue Xuan Hao, and Jian Zheng, "Efficient generation of axial magnetic field by multiple laser beams with twisted pointing directions", Phys. Rev. Letters 130, 155101 (2023).
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Y. He and A. Arefiev, "Algorithm for computing the electron-positron yield from the linear Breit-Wheeler process in high-intensity laser-plasma interactions", Comp. Phys. Comm. 286, 108657 (2023).
2022
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Z. Gong, S. S. Bulanov, T. Toncian, and A. Arefiev, "Energy-chirp compensation of laser-driven ion beams enabled by structured targets", Phys. Rev. Research 4, L042031 (2022).
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Y. Shi, D. Blackman, P. Zhu, and A. Arefiev, "Electron pulse train accelerated by a linearly polarized Laguerre-Gaussian laser beam", High Power Laser Science and Engineering (2022).
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K. Weichman, J. Palastro, A. Robinson, R. Bingham, and A. Arefiev, "Underdense relativistically thermal plasma produced by magnetically assisted direct laser acceleration", Phys. Rev. Research 4, L042017 (2022).
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D. Blackman, R. Nuter, Ph. Korneev, A. Arefiev, and V. Tikhonchuk, "Kinetic phenomena of helical plasma waves with orbital angular momentum",  Physics of Plasmas 29, 072105 (2022).
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D. Blackman, Y. Shi, S. Klein, M. Cernaianu, D. Doria, P. Ghenuche, and A. Arefiev, "Electron acceleration from transparent targets irradiated by ultra-intense helical laser beams", Communications Physics 5, 116 (2022).
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Y. He, T. G. Blackburn, T. Toncian, and A. Arefiev, "Achieving pair creation via linear and nonlinear Breit-Wheeler processes in dense plasmas",  Physics of Plasmas 29, 053105 (2022).
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K. Weichman, A. P. L. Robinson, M. Murakami, J. J. Santos, S. Fujioka, T. Toncian, J. P. Palastro, and A. Arefiev, "Progress in relativistic laser–plasma interaction with kilotesla-level applied magnetic fields",  Physics of Plasmas 29, 053104 (2022).
2021
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L. Esnault, E. d'Humieres, A. Arefiev, and X. Ribeyre, "Electron-positron pair production in the collision of real photon beams with wide energy distributions", Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 60, 125015 (2021).
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Y. He, I-L. Yeh, T. Blackburn, and A. Arefiev, "A single-laser scheme for observation of linear Breit-Wheeler electron-positron pair creation", New J. Phys. 23, 115005 (2021).
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Y. Shi, D. Blackman, and A. Arefiev, "Electron acceleration using twisted laser wavefronts"  Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 63, 125032 (2021).
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T. Wang, D. Blackman, K. Chin, and A. Arefiev, "Effects of simulation dimensionality on laser-driven electron acceleration and photon emission in hollow microchannel targets", Phys. Rev. E 104, 045206 (2021).
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I-L. Yeh, K. Tangtartharakul, H. Rinderknecht, L. Willingale, and A. Arefiev, "Strong interplay between superluminosity and radiation friction during direct laser acceleration", New J. Phys. 23, 095010 (2021).
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H. Rinderknecht, T. Wang, A. Garcia, G. Bruhaug, M. Wei, H. Quevedo, T. Ditmire, J. Williams, A. Haid, D. Doria, K. Spohr, T. Toncian, and A. Arefiev, "Relativistically transparent magnetic filaments: scaling laws, initial results and prospects for strong-field QED studies", New J. Phys. 23, 095009 (2021).
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Y. He, T. Blackburn, T. Toncian, and A. Arefiev, "Dominance of γ-γ electron-positron pair creation in a plasma driven by high-intensity lasers", Communications Physics 4, 139 (2021).
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Y. Shi, D. Blackman, D. Stutman, and A. Arefiev, "Generation of Ultrarelativistic Monoenergetic Electron Bunches via a Synergistic Interaction of Longitudinal Electric and Magnetic Fields of a Twisted Laser", Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 234801  (2021).
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K. Tangtartharakul, G. Chen, and A. Arefiev, "Particle integrator for particle-in-cell simulations of ultra-high intensity laser-plasma interactions", Journal of Computational Physics 434, 110233 (2021).
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H. Mao, K. Weichman, Z. Gong, T. Ditmire, H. Quevedo, and A. Arefiev, "Emission of electromagnetic waves as a stopping mechanism for nonlinear collisionless ionization waves in a high-β regime", Phys. Rev. E 103, 023209 (2021).
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A. E. Hussein, A. Arefiev, T. Batson, H. Chen, R. S. Craxton, A. S. Davies, D. H. Froula, Z. Gong, D. Haberberger, Y. Ma, P. M. Nilson, W. Theobald, T. Wang, K. Weichman, G. J. Williams, and L. Willingale, "Towards the optimization of direct laser acceleration", New J. Phys. 23, 023031 (2021).
2020
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K. Weichman, M. Murakami, A. P. L. Robinson, and A. Arefiev, "Sign reversal in magnetic field amplification by relativistic laser-driven microtube implosions", Appl. Phys. Lett. 117, 244101 (2020).
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K. Weichman, A. P. L. Robinson, M. Murakami, and A. V. Arefiev, "Strong surface magnetic field generation in relativistic short pulse laser-plasma interaction with an applied seed magnetic field", New J. Phys. 22, 113009 (2020).
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K. Weichman, J. J. Santos, S. Fujioka, T. Toncian, and A. Arefiev, "Generation of focusing ion beams by magnetized electron sheath acceleration", Scientific Reports 10, 18966 (2020).
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M. Murakami, J. J. Honrubia, K. Weichman, A. Arefiev, and S.V. Bulanov, "Generation of megatesla magnetic fields by intense-laser−driven microtube implosions", Scientific Reports 10, 16653 (2020).
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J. Koga, M. Murakami, A. Arefiev, Y. Nakamiya, S. S. Bulanov, S. V. Bulanov, "Electron-positron pair creation in the electric fields generated by micro-bubble implosions", Phys. Lett. A 384, 126854 (2020).
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H. Morita, A. Arefiev, T. Toncian, J. J. Santos, D. Golovin, S. Shokita, T. Mori, K. Farley Law, H. Li, R. Takizawa, K. Matsuo, A. Morace, A. Yogo, and S. Fujioka, "Application of laser-driven capacitor-coil to target normal sheath acceleration", High Energy Density Physics 37, 100874 (2020).
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T. Wang and A. Arefiev, "Comment on 'Creation of electron-positron pairs in photon-photon collisions driven by 10-PW laser pulses’", Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 079501 (2020).
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Y. Shi, K. Weichman, R. J. Kingham, and A. V. Arefiev, "Magnetic field generation in a laser-irradiated thin collisionless plasma target by return current electrons carrying orbital angular momentum", New J. Phys. 22, 073067 (2020).
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Z. Gong, F. Mackenroth, T. Wang, X. Q. Yan, T. Toncian, and A. Arefiev, "Direct laser acceleration of electrons assisted by strong laser-driven azimuthal plasma magnetic fields", Phys. Rev. E 102, 013206 (2020).
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A. Arefiev, D. Stark, T. Toncian, and M. Murakami, "Birefringence in thermally anisotropic relativistic plasmas and its impact on laser-plasma interactions", Phys. Plasmas 27, 063106 (2020).
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P. Zhang, S. S. Bulanov, D. Seipt, A. Arefiev, and A. G. R. Thomas, "Relativistic plasma physics in supercritical fields", Phys. Plasmas 27, 050601 (2020).
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T. Wang, Z. Gong, and A. Arefiev, "Electron confinement by laser-driven azimuthal magnetic fields during direct laser acceleration", Phys. Plasmas 27, 053109 (2020).
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T. Wang, X. Ribeyre, Z. Gong, O. Jansen, E. d'Humieres, D. Stutman, T. Toncian, and A. Arefiev, "Power scaling for collimated gamma-ray beams generated by structured laser-irradiated targets and its application to two-photon pair production", Phys. Rev. Applied 13, 054024 (2020).
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A. Arefiev, Z. Gong, A. P. L. Robinson, "Energy gain by laser-irradiated electrons in a strong magnetic field", Phys. Rev. E 101, 043201 (2020).
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A. P. L. Robinson and A. Arefiev, "Net energy gain in direct laser acceleration due to enhanced dephasing induced by an applied magnetic field", Phys. Plasmas 27, 023110 (2020).
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K. Weichman, A. P. L. Robinson, F. N. Beg, and A. V. Arefiev, "Laser reflection as a catalyst for direct laser acceleration in multipicosecond laser-plasma interaction", Phys. Plasmas 27, 013106 (2020).
2019
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Z. Gong, F. Mackenroth, X. Q. Yan, and A. Arefiev, "Radiation reaction as an energy enhancement mechanism for laser-irradiated electrons in a strong plasma magnetic field", Scientific Reports 9, 17181 (2019).
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J. Li, P. Forestier-Colleoni, M. Bailly-Grandvaux, C. McGuffey, A. Arefiev, S. S. Bulanov, J. Peebles, C. Krauland, A. E. Hussein, T. Batson, J. C. Fernandez, R. P. Johnson, G. Petrov, and F. Beg, "Laser-driven acceleration of quasi-monoenergetic, near-collimated titanium ions via a transparency-enhanced acceleration scheme", New J. Phys. 21 103005 (2019).