XIII International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics 2024

Session

Workshop on Laser Fusion, a spin-off from heavy-ion collisions

3 Sept 2024, 10:00

Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece

Conveners

Workshop on Laser Fusion, a spin-off from heavy-ion collisions

• Laszlo Pal Csernai (University of Bergen)

Workshop on Laser Fusion, a spin-off from heavy-ion collisions

• Istvan Papp

148. Nanoplasmonics for laser assisted nuclear fusion

Norbert Kroó

03/09/2024, 10:00

Workshop on Laser Fusion, a spin-off from heavy-ion collisions

Lecture

Surface plasmon polaritons are the light of the nanoworld, with a broad spectrum of special properties. These properties open the field for a high number of applications, both in the fields of low and high exciting laser intensities The expected effects caused by these plasmons are briefly presented. We have chosen localized plasmons (LSPP) which have been resonantly excited by ...

23. Advancements in plasma simulation of nanoplasmonics on the quest for laser-induced fusion at the NAPLIFE project

Dr Istvan Papp

03/09/2024, 11:00

Workshop on Laser Fusion, a spin-off from heavy-ion collisions

Talk

Rapid progress in technology of lasers and methods learned from astrophysics and relativistic heavy ion collisions led to new possibilities for fusion [1,2]. When nanoantennas are implanted into the target and resonate with the laser frequency, electrons form bunches within them. The motion of these bunches generates the nanoplasmonic wave. Particle-in-cell simulations are not typically...

71. Minimizing losses in Laser-induced Nano-fusion

Prof. Laszlo Pal Csernai (University of Bergen)

03/09/2024, 11:25

Workshop on Laser Fusion, a spin-off from heavy-ion collisions

Talk

The NAPLIFE nano-fusion project is running already two tasks at ELI-ALPS in Szeged Hungary. This project is unique in two aspect:
(i) it is using resonant plasmonic nano-antennas to achieve a imultaneous, rapid and stable ignition of fusion fuel and
(ii) to achieve a high-energy, non-thermal ignition mechanism at all dynamical stages of ignition and burning, until the start of nuclear...

91. IONIZATION DYNAMICS IN MATTER WITH GOLD NANODOPES UPON LASER PULSE IRRADIATION OF VARIOUS INTENSITIES — NUMERICAL ANALYSIS

Prof. Konstantin Zhukovsky, Konstantin Zsukovszkij

03/09/2024, 11:50

Workshop on Laser Fusion, a spin-off from heavy-ion collisions

Lecture

We investigate the dynamics of ionization in matter doped by gold nanoparticles under irradiation by short infrared pulses with intensities ~10^15−10^19 W/cm². Numerical modeling of the interaction between laser radiation and the medium with nanoparticles is conducted, various nanoparticles shapes are considered as resonant nanoantennas. A kinetic model is implemented with the EPOCH numerical...

20. Crater formation in UDMA polymer embedded with plasmonic gold-nanorods irradiated by high energy single laser pulse – morphology studies

Agnes Nagyne Szokol, Agnes Nagyne Szokol

03/09/2024, 12:15

Workshop on Laser Fusion, a spin-off from heavy-ion collisions

Talk

In this work the effect of the embedded gold nanoparticles was studied on the crater formation during high-intensity femtosecond laser irradiation of urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA) polymers. The polymer targets were prepared without and with gold nanoparticles (in two different concentrations) and were irradiated in different spots with single femtosecond laser pulses of different laser...