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Description
Experimental irradiation of plasmonic nanostructured polymer targets, including boron-containing thin foils and advanced composite structures, has been systematically investigated under high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses to explore resonant plasmonic field enhancement for improving the performance of laser-driven ion acceleration and aneutronic fusion efficiency. Experimental campaigns at the Wigner Research Centre for Physics and ELI-ALPS focused on evaluating the influence of plasmonic effects on the generation of energetic protons/ions and the corresponding increase in fusion yield. Sophisticated diagnostic tools were used to characterize high-energy ions generated during laser-plasma interactions, including Thomson parabola spectrometry, CR-39 nuclear track detectors, and alpha particle detectors, which enabled the simultaneous measurement of ion spectra and fusion-generated alpha particles, providing evidence for plasmon-assisted fusion mechanisms. This work contributes to the development of compact laser-driven fusion sources for potential applications in fusion energy and medical research, while also advancing the investigation of plasmonics in strong-field physics.
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Imene Benabdelghani, Postdoc, HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics
Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest, Hungary, https://wigner.hu/en
| Internet talk | Yes |
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| Is this an abstract from experimental collaboration? | Yes |
| Name of experiment and experimental site | NAPLIFE collaboration |
| Is the speaker for that presentation defined? | Yes |
