LASER-MATTER INTERACTION
AT HIGH INTENSITIES
Prof. Danilo Giulietti
The experimental activity concerns several
Research Topics developed in National and European Laboratories , in
Collaboration with People from different countries, in the frame of the TMR
Research Networks
and the
Access to Large-scale Facilities
.
Research Topics
Ultra Short Pulse Laser Plasma Interactions
Dense Plasma Physics
Collective phenomena and instabilities
Electromagnetic wave propagation in plasmas
Atomic physics of ionised species
Non-linear optics & beam smoothing
Inertial confinement fusion related studies
X-ray generation and characterisation
TMR Research Networks
Generation and Application of Ultra-Short Laser-Produced
X-Ray Pulses
Superintense Laser Pulse-Solid Interaction
X-ray Probing
of Structural Evolution of Matter
National and European Laboratories
Istituto per i Processi Chimico Fisici
( Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche )
Laboratori nazionali di Frascati Ê ( Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare )
Laboratoire d'Optique AppliquŽe (Ecole Polytechnique)
Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses (Ecole Polytechnique)
Central Laser Facility (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
People
Marco Galimberti (ÊIPCF-CNR, Ph. D. Fellow )
Antonio Giulietti ( IPCF-CNR )
Danilo Giulietti ( Universitˆ di Pisa )
Leonida A. Gizzi ( IPCF-CNR )
Petra Koester ( Universitˆ di Pisa, Ph.D. Student )
Luca Labate ( Universitˆ di Bologna, Ph. D. Student )
Paolo Tomassini ( IPCF-CNR, Ph. D. Fellow )
Flavio Zamponi ( Universitˆ di Jena, Graduate )
Collaborations
Valerio Biancalana ( Universitˆ di Siena )
Marco Borghesi (The Queen' s University of Belfast, PLIP )
Evelina Breschi ( Universitˆ di Pisa, Ph.D. Student )
Piero Chessa ( INFMEDIA, Pisa )
Alessio Misuri ( Universitˆ di
Pisa, Graduate )
Monica SannaÊ( Universitˆ di Pisa,
Graduate )
Paola Squillacioti ( Universitˆ
di Pisa, Ph.D. Student )
TEACHING
OTTICA QUANTISTICA (Quantum Optics)
LABORATORIO DI OTTICA (Optics Laboratory)Ê
FISICA GENERALE II (Classical Electrodynamics)
The Quantum Optics Seminars, a.a. 2000-01 Ê
The Quantum Optics Seminars, a.a. 2001-02Ê
Recent Publications
- E. Breschi, M. Borghesi, M. Galimberti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, L. Romagnani, O. Willi, H. Campbell, A. Schiavi, Spectral and spatial reconstruction of proton beams produced in superintense laser-matter interaction experiments, accepted for publication in Laser and Particle Beams, 2003.
D. Giulietti, Shaped pre-formed plasmas for laser wake-field acceleration experiments, in ÒAtoms and Plasmas in Super-Intense Laser FieldsÓ, edited by S.I.F., 2003.
P. Tomassini, M. Galimberti, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, L. Labate, F. Pegoraro, Production of high-quality electron beams in numerical experiments of Laser Wake Field Accelerators with longitudinal wave-breaking, submitted for publication
L.A. Gizzi, C.A. Cecchetti, M. Galimberti, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L. Labate, S. Laville, P. Tomassini, Transient ionization in plasmas produced by point-like irradiation of solid Al targets, accepted for publication in Physics of Plasmas, 2003.
E. Breschi, M. Borghesi, M. Galimberti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, L. Romagnani, A new algorithm for spectral and spatial reconstruction of proton beams from dosimetric measurements, accepted for publication in NIM A, 2003.
M. Galimberti, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, L. Labate, M. Sanna, P. Tomassini, M. Lazzeri, C. Traino, A CCD detector to directly measure the X-ray spectrum of mammographic units, submitted for publication
P. Tomassini, M. Galimberti, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, L. Labate, R. Numico, PIC simulation evidence for ulta-relativistic electron bunches produced by non linear laser wake-field acceleration, in Nonlinear Physics: Theory and Experiment, Word Scientific, London, 407-9, 2002.
L. Labate, M. Galimberti, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, P. Tomassini, G. Di Cocco, A laser-plasma source for CCD calibration in the soft X-ray range, NIM-A, 495, 148-153, 2002
P. Tomassini, M. Galimberti, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, L. Labate, Spectroscopy of laser-plasma accelerated electrons: a novel concept based on Thomson scattering, Physics of Plasmas, 10, 917, 2003.
M. Galimberti, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, M. Borghesi, D.H. Campbell, A. Schiavi, O. Willi, V. Cavasinni, V. Flaminio, Multi-MeV particleÊ detection in relativistic laser-plasma interactions, 28th Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, Madeira, ECA, 25A, 433-436, 2001.
P. Tomassini, A.Giulietti, L.A.Gizzi, R. Numico, M.Galimberti, D.Giulietti, M. Borghesi, Application of novel techniques for interferogram analysis to laser-plasma femtosecondÊ probing, Laser and Particle Beams, 20, 195, 2002
L. Labate, M. Galimberti, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, R. Numico, Analysis of space resolved X-ray spectra from laser-plasmas, Laser and Particle Beams,20, 223, 2002
D. Giulietti, M. Galimberti, A. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, R. Numico, P. Tomassini, M. Borghesi, V. Malka, S. Fritzler, M. Pittman, K. Ta Phouc, A. Pukhov, Production of ultracollimated bunchesÊ of multi-MeV electrons produced by 35fs laser pulses propagating in exploding foil plasmas, Physics of Plasmas, 9, 3655, 2002.
D. Giulietti, M. Galimberti, A. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, M. Borghesi, Ph. Balcou, A. Rousse, J.Ph. Rousseau, High-energy electron beam production by femtosecond laser interactions with exploding-foil plasmas, Phys, Rev. E, Rapid. Comm., 64, 015402(R), 2001.
M. Galimberti, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, Ph. Balcou, A. Rousse, J.Ph. Rousseau, Experiments on ultrashort, ultraintense laser interaction with thin foils, Laser 2000, pp. 466-473.- Ê
P.Tomassini, A. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, M. Galimberti, D.Giulietti, M.Borghesi, O.Willi, Analyzing laser plasma interferograms with the continuous wavelet transform ridge extraction technique: the method, Applied Optics, 40, 6561-68, 2001.- Ê
M.Galimberti, A.Giulietti, D.Giulietti, L.A.Gizzi, Ph.Balcou, A.Rousse, J.Ph.Rousseau, Investigation of ultraintense femtosecond laser-plasma interaction through w and 2 w imaging and spectroscopy, Laser and Particle Beams, 19, 47, 2001.
L.A.Gizzi, M.Galimberti, A.Giulietti, D.Giulietti, M.Borghesi, H.D.Campbell, A.Schiavi, O.Willi, Relativistic laser interactions with preformed plasma channelsÊ and gamma-ray measurements, Laser and Particle Beams, 19, 181-186, 2001.
L.Labate, M.Galimberti, A.Giulietti, D.Giulietti, L.A.Gizzi, R.Numico, Line spectroscopy with spatial resolution of laser plasma x-ray emission, Laser and Particle Beams, 19, 117, 2001.
M.V. Asthana, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, M.S. Sodha, Relativistic interaction of rippled laser beams with plasmas, Laser Particle Beams, 18, 399-403, 2000.
R. Numico, D. Giulietti, A. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, L. Roso, High order harmonic generation and attosecond pulse production from a linear chain of ions, SPIE, 4424, 430-33, 2001.
M. Galimberti, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, M. Borghesi, H.D. Campbell, A. Schiavi, O. Willi, Gamma-ray measurements in relativistic interactions with underdense plasmas, SPIE, 4424, 512-15, 2001.
R. Numico, D. Giulietti, A. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, L.Roso, High order harmonic generation from a linear chain of ions, J. Phys. B :Mol. Opt. Phys., 33, 2605-15, 2000
M.V. Asthana, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, M.S. Sodha, Non-linear propagation of intense short pulses through underdense plasmas, Physica Scripta, T84, 191, 2000.
P. Chessa, M. Galimberti, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, P. Mora, Laser energy deposition in relativistic interactions with underdense plasmas, The European Physical Journal D, 8, 153, 2000.
M. Galimberti, L.A. Gizzi, A. Barbini, P. Chessa, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, Experimental study of picosecond laser plasma formation in thin foils, Laser and Particle Beams, 18, 145-150, 2000.
S. Marzi, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, A. Salvetti, A high brightness laser-plasma X-ray source at IFAM: characterization and applications, Laser and Particle Beams, 18, 109-118, 2000.
P. Chessa, M. Galimberti, A. Barbini, C. Danson, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L. Gizzi, Phase measurements without interferometry: 2D transverse phaseÊ detection by numerical beam intensity analysis, Laser and Particle Beams, 17, 681-692, 1999.
A. Giulietti, A. Macchi, E. Schifano, V. Biancalana, C. Danson, D. Giulietti, L. Gizzi, O. Willi, Stimulated Brillouin backscattering from underdense expanding plasmas in a regime of strong filamentation, Phys. Rev. E, 59, 1038,1999.
D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, X-ray emission from laser produced plasmas, La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, Vol.21, N. 10,1998.
L.A. Gizzi, J.P. Chambaret, G. Cheriaux, P. Chessa, G Darpentigny, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, A. Macchi, A. Rousse, D. TeychennŽ : High intensity femtosecond laser interactions with thin films, in " Laser interaction and related plasma phenomena", edited by E.M Campbell and H. Miley, AIP, 406, 505-515, 1977
D. TeychennŽ, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, Magnetically induced optical transparency of overdense plasmas due to ultrafast ionisation, Phys. Rev. E, 58, R1245, 1998.
D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, A. Giulietti, A. Macchi, D. TeychennŽ, P. Chessa, A. Rousse, G. Cheriaux, J.P. Chambaret, G. Darpentigny, Observation of solid density laminar plasma transparency to intense 30 femtosecond laser pulses, Phys.Rev.Lett., 79, 3194, 1997.
A. Giulietti, C. Beneduce, T. Ceccotti, D. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, R. Mildren, A study of second harmonic emission for characterisation of laser plasma X-ray sources, Laser and Particle Beams, 16, 397-404 1998.
A.Giulietti, D.Giulietti, L.A.Gizzi, O.Willi, Time-resoved X-ray spectroscopy of laser heated plasmas, Vol. 9, p. 53-56, in Spectral Line Shapes, American Institute of Physics, 1997.
M. Borghesi, A. Giulietti, D. Giulietti, L. Gizzi, A. Macchi, O. Willi, Characterization of laser plasmas for interaction studies: progress in time-resolved density mapping, Phys. Rev. E, 54,6769, 1996.
A. Macchi, D. Giulietti, S. Bastiani, A. Giulietti, L. Gizzi, Experimental study of X-ray generation in laser produced plasmas based on K-shell time resolved spectroscopy, Nuovo Cimento, D, 18, 727,1996.
L.A. Gizzi, D. Giulietti, A. Giulietti, P. Audebert, S. Bastiani, J.P. Geindre, A. Mysyrowicz, Simultaneous measurements of hard X-ray and second harmonic emission in fs laser-plasma interactions, Phys. Rev. Lett., 76, 2278,1996.
A. Giulietti, M. Borghesi, C. Danson, D. Giulietti, L. Gizzi, A. Macchi, D. Neely, Picosecond interferometry of plasmas before and after short laser pulse propagation, p. 299-303, Ultrafast processes in spectroscopy, Edited by O. Svelto et al, Plenum Press, New York, 1996.
D. Giulietti, L. Gizzi, V. Biancalana, T. Ceccotti, P. Audebert, J.P. Geindre, A. Mysyrowicz, Reflection and transmission of high intensity femtosecond pulse focused on very thin plastic foils, p. 331-334, Ultrafast processes in spectroscopy, Edited by O. Svelto et al, Plenum Press, New York, 1996.
T. Ceccotti, S. Bastiani, A. Giulietti, V. Biancalana, P. Chessa, D. Giulietti, C. Danson, A study of random phased laser spots, Laser and Particle Beams, 13, 469,1995.
S. Bastiani, D. Giulietti, A. Giulietti, L.A. Gizzi, T. Ceccotti, A. Macchi, A study of laser plasmas as X-ray sources in the 1-10 keV spectral region, Laser and Particle Beams, 13, 493, 1995.
A.Giulietti, V.Biancalana, C.Danson, D.Giulietti, L.Gizzi, E.Schifano,O.Willi, Evidence for "moving focus" in laser interaction with long scalelength plasmas,Ê IOP Publishing Ltd, Inst. Phys.Conf. Ser. No 140, 177-180, 1995.
L.Gizzi, A.Giulietti, D.Giulietti, O.Willi, Characterization of plasmas produced by picosecond and nanosecond laser pulses, IOP Publishing Ltd, Inst. Phys.Conf. Ser. No 140, 9-12, 1995.
D. Giulietti, S. Bastiani, T. Ceccotti, A. Giulietti, L. A. Gizzi, A. Macchi, Front and rear face X-ray emission from laser-irradiated Al foils, Nuovo Cimento D, 17, 401, 1995.
L.Gizzi, D.Giulietti, A.Giulietti, T.Afshar-Rad, V.Biancalana, P.Chessa, C.Danson, E.Schifano, S.Viana, O.Willi, Characterisation of laser plasmas for interaction studies, Phys. Rev. E, 49, 5628, 1994.
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