Yong Ma
Education
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ph.D. Institute of Physics, Optical Physics, Beijing 2016
M.S. Institute of Physics, Optical Engineering , Beijing 2013
Research Interests
- Experimental and numerical studies on laser-wakefield acceleration and associated advanced radiation sources
- Electron acceleration from laser-solid acceleration
Publications
[1] Y. Ma, D. Seipt, A. E. Hussein, S. Hakimi, N. F. Beier, S. B. Hansen, J. Hinojosa, A. Maksimchuk, J. Nees, K. Krushelnick, A. G. R. Thomas, and F. Dollar. Polarization-dependent self-injection by above threshold ionization heating in a laser wakefield accelerator. Phys. Rev. Lett., 124:114801, Mar 2020.
[2] Y. Ma, D. Seipt, S. J. D. Dann, M. J. V. Streeter, C. A. J. Palmer, L. Willingale, and A. G. R. Thomas. Angular streaking of betatron x-rays in a transverse density gradient laser-wakefield accelerator. Physics of Plasmas, 25(11):113105, 2018.
[3] Yong Ma, Jiarui Zhao, Yifei Li, Dazhang Li, Liming Chen, Jianxun Liu, Stephen J. D. Dann, Yanyun Ma, Xiaohu Yang, Zheyi Ge, Zhengming Sheng, and Jie Zhang. Ultrahigh-charge electron beams from laser-irradiated solid surface. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(27):6980–6985, 2018.
[4]Y.Ma,J.R.Zhao,Y.F.Li,D.Z.Li,L.M.Chen,J.X.Liu,StephenJ.D.Dann,Y.Y.Ma,X.H.Yang,Z.Y.Ge,Z.M. Sheng, and J. Zhang. Ultrahigh charge electron beams from laser-irradiated solid surface. arXiv:1704.01181v2, 2017.
[5] Y. Ma, L. M. Chen, D. Z. Li, W. C. Yan, K. Huang, M. Chen, Z. M. Sheng, K. Nakajima, T. Tajima, and J. Zhang. Generation of femtosecond γ-ray bursts stimulated by laser-driven hosing evolution. Scientific Reports, 6:30491, 2016.
[6] Y.Ma,L.M.Chen,M.H.Li,Y.F.Li,J.G.Wang,M.Z.Tao,Y.J.Han,J.R.Zhao,K.Huang,W.C.Yan,D.Z.Li, Z. Y. Chen, J. L. Ma, Y. T. Li, Z. M. Sheng, and J. Zhang. Multiple quasi-monoenergetic electron beams from laser-wakefield acceleration with spatially structured laser pulse. Physics of Plasmas, 22(8):083102, 2015.
[7] Y. Ma, M. H. Li, and L. M. Chen. Generation of collimated quasi-monoenergetic target surface electron beams in laser solid interact. SCIENTIA SINICA Physica, Mechanica & Astronomica, 45(2):025202, 2015.
[8] Y. Ma, L. M. Chen, N. A. M. Hafz, D. Z. Li, K. Huang, W. C. Yan, J. Dunn, Z. M. Sheng, and J. Zhang. Diagnosis of bubble evolution in laser-wakefield acceleration via angular distributions of betatron x-rays. Applied Physics Letters, 105(16):161110, 2014.
[9] B. Kettle, E. Gerstmayr, M. J. V. Streeter, F. Albert, R. A. Baggott, N. Bourgeois, J. M. Cole, S. Dann, K. Falk, I. Gallardo Gonzalez, A. E. Hussein, N. Lemos, N. C. Lopes, O. Lundh, Y.Ma, S. J. Rose, C. Spindloe, D. R. Symes, M. Smid, A. G. R. Thomas, R. Watt, and S. P. D. Mangles. Single-shot multi-kev x-ray absorption spectroscopy using an ultrashort laser-wakefield accelerator source. Phys. Rev. Lett., 123:254801, Dec 2019.
[10] J. Lin, Y. Ma, R. Schwartz, D. Woodbury, J. A. Nees, M. Mathis, A. G. R. Thomas, K. Krushelnick, and H. Milchberg. Adaptive control of laser-wakefield accelerators driven by mid-ir laser pulses. Opt. Express, 27(8):10912–10923, Apr 2019.
[11] C. A. J. Palmer, P. T. Campbell, Y. Ma, L. Antonelli, A. F. A. Bott, G. Gregori, J. Halliday, Y. Katzir, P. Kordell, K. Krushelnick, S. V. Lebedev, E. Montgomery, M. Notley, D. C. Carroll, C. P. Ridgers, A. A. Schekochihin, M. J. V. Streeter, A. G. R. Thomas, E. R. Tubman, N. Woolsey, and L. Willingale. Field reconstruction from proton radiography of intense laser driven magnetic reconnection. Physics of Plasmas, 26(8):083109, 2019.
[12] A E Hussein, N Senabulya, Y. Ma, M J V Streeter, B Kettle, S J D Dann, F Albert, N Bourgeois, S Cipiccia, J M Cole, O Finlay, E Gerstmayr, I Gallardo Gonza ́lez, A Higginbotham, D A Jaroszynski, K Falk, K Krushelnick, N Lemos, N C Lopes, C Lumsdon, O Lundh, S P D Mangles, Z Najmudin, P P Rajeev, C M Schlepu ̈tz, M Shahzad, M Smid, R Spesyvtsev, D R Symes, G Vieux, L Willingale, J C Wood, A J Shahani, and A G R Thomas. Laser-wakefield accelerators for high-resolution X-ray imaging of complex microstructures. Scientific Reports, 9(1):3249, 2019.
[13] B. Kettle, E. Gerstmayr, M. J. V. Streeter, F. Albert, R. A. Baggott, N. Bourgeois, J. M. Cole, S. Dann, K. Falk, I. Gallardo Gonzalez, A. E. Hussein, N. Lemos, N. C. Lopes, O. Lundh, Y. Ma, S. J. Rose, C. Spindloe, D. R. Symes, M. Smid, A. G. R. Thomas, R. Watt, and S. P. D. Mangles. Single-shot multi-keV X-ray absorption spectroscopy using an ultrashort laser wakefield accelerator source. arXiv e-prints, page arXiv:1907.10167, Jul 2019.
[14] J Elle, T Z Zhao, Y Ma, K Behm, A Lucero, A Maksimchuk, J A Nees, A G R Thomas, A Schmitt-Sody, and
K Krushelnick. Multi-electron beam generation using co-propagating, parallel laser beams. New Journal of Physics, 20(9):093021, 2018.
[15] J. Y. Mao, O. Rosmej, Y.Ma, M. H. Li, B. Aurand, F. Gaertner, W. M. Wang, J. Urbancic, A. Schoenlein, B. Zielbauer, U. Eisenbarth, V. Bagnoud, F. Wagner, F. Horst, M. Syha, S. Mathias, Y. T. Li, M. Aeschlimann, L. M. Chen, and
T. Kuehl. Energy enhancement of the target surface electron by using a 200 tw sub-picosecond laser. Opt. Lett., 43(16):3909–3912, Aug 2018.
[16] M.H. Li, L.M. Chen, Dazhang Li, Kai Huang, Yifei Li, Yong Ma, Wenchao Yan, Mengze Tao, Junhao Tan, Zhengming Sheng, and Jie Zhang. Collimated gamma rays from laser wakefield accelerated electrons. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2018.
[17] D. M. Farinella, J. Wheeler, A. E. Hussein, J. Nees, M. Stanfield, N. Beier, Y.Ma, G. Cojocaru, R. Ungureanu, M. Pittman, J. Demailly, E. Baynard, R. Fabbri, M. Masruri, R. Secareanu, A. Naziru, R. Dabu, A. Maksimchuk, K. Krushelnick, D. Ros, G. Mourou, T. Tajima, and F. Dollar. Focusability of laser pulses at petawatt transport intensities in thin-film compression. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 36(2):A28–A32, Feb 2019.
[18] Minghua Li, Kai Huang, Liming Chen, Wenchao Yan, Mengze Tao, Jiarui Zhao, Yong Ma, Yifei Li, and Jie Zhang. Laser-driven powerful khz hard x-ray source. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 137:78 – 82, 2017. Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Radiation Physics.
[19]Y.F.Li,D.Z.Li,K.Huang,M.Z.Tao,M.H.Li,J.R.Zhao,Y.Ma,X.Guo,J.G.Wang,M.Chen,N.Hafz,J.Zhang, and L. M. Chen. Generation of 20ka electron beam from a laser wakefield accelerator. Physics of Plasmas, 24(2):023108, 2017.
[20] J.R.Zhao,X.P.Zhang,D.W.Yuan,Y.T.Li,D.Z.Li,Y.J.Rhee,Z.Zhang,F.Li,B.J.Zhu,YanF.Li,B.Han,
C. Liu, Y. Ma, Yi F. Li, M. Z. Tao, M. H. Li, X. Guo, X. G. Huang, S. Z. Fu, J. Q. Zhu, G. Zhao, L. M. Chen, C. B. Fu, and J. Zhang. A novel laser-collider used to produce monoenergetic 13.3 mev 7li (d, n) neutrons. Scientific Reports, 6:27363, 2016.
[21] K. Huang, Y. F. Li, D. Z. Li, L. M. Chen, M. Z. Tao, Y. Ma, J. R. Zhao, M. H. Li, M. Chen, M. Mirzaie, N. Hafz, T. Sokollik, Z. M. Sheng, and J. Zhang. Resonantly enhanced betatron hard x-rays from ionization injected electrons in a laser plasma accelerator. Scientific Reports, 6:27633, 2016.
[22] M. H. Li, K. Huang, L. M. Chen, W. C. Yan, M. Z Tao, J. R. Zhao, Y. Ma, Y. F. Li, and J. Zhang. Laser-driven powerful kHz hard x-ray source. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 137:78–82, August 2017.
[23] J. Y. Mao, L. M. Chen, K. Huang, Y. Ma, J. R. Zhao, D. Z. Li, W. C. Yan, J. L. Ma, M. Aeschlimann, Z. Y. Wei, and J. Zhang. Highly collimated monoenergetic target-surface electron acceleration in near-critical-density plasmas. Applied Physics Letters, 106(13):131105, 2015.
[24] J.R.Zhao,X.P.Zhang,D.W.Yuan,L.M.Chen,Y.T.Li,C.B.Fu,Y.J.Rhee,F.Li,B.J.Zhu,Yan.F.Li,G.Q. Liao, K. Zhang, B. Han, C. Liu, K. Huang, Y. Ma, Yi. F. Li, J. Xiong, X. G. Huang, S. Z. Fu, J. Q. Zhu, G. Zhao, and J. Zhang. Neutron yield enhancement in laser-induced deuterium-deuterium fusion using a novel shaped target. Review of Scientific Instruments, 86(6):063505, 2015.
[25] J.R.Zhao,Y.F.Li,J.L.Ma,J.G.Wang,K.Huang,HanY.J.,Y.Ma,YanW.C.,D.Z.Li,D.W.Yuan,Y.T.Li, J. Zhang, and L. M. Chen. Characterizations of clusters generated by pure xenon and hydrogen xenon gas mixture at room temperature. Acta Physica Sinica, 64(4):42101, 2015.
[26] M. H. Li, L. M. Chen, D. Z. Li, W. C. Yan, K. Huang, Y. Ma, Z. M. Sheng, and J. Zhang. Enhancement of laser-driven betatron radiation. Optical Engineering, 54(12):127105, 2015.
[27] W. C. Yan, L. M. Chen, D. Z. Li, L. Zhang, N. A. M. Hafz, J. Dunn, Y. Ma, K. Huang, L. Su, M. Chen, Z. M. Sheng, and J. Zhang. Concurrence of monoenergetic electron beams and bright x-rays from an evolving laser-plasma bubble. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, 111(16):5825–5830, 2014.
[28]D.Z.Li,W.C.Yan,L.M.Chen,K.Huang,Y.Ma,J.R.Zhao,L.Zhang,N.Hafz,W.M.Wang,J.L.Ma,Y.T.Li, Z. Y. Wei, J. Gao, Z. M. Sheng, and J. Zhang. Generation of quasi-monoenergetic electron beams with small normalized divergences angle from a 2 tw laser facility. Opt. Express, 22(11):12836–12844, Jun 2014.
[29]K.Huang,M.H.Li,W.C.Yan,X.Guo,D.Z.Li,Y.P.Chen,Y.Ma,J.R.Zhao,Y.F.Li,J.Zhang,andL.M.Chen. Intense high repetition rate mo k x-ray source generated from laser solid interaction for imaging application. Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(11):113304, 2014.
[30] K.Huang,D.Z.Li,W.C.Yan,M.H.Li,M.Z.Tao,Z.Y.Chen,X.L.Ge,F.Liu,Y.Ma,J.R.Zhao,N.M.Hafz,
J. Zhang, and L. M. Chen. Simultaneous generation of quasi-monoenergetic electron and betatron x-rays from nitrogen gas via ionization injection. Applied Physics Letters, 105(20):204101, 2014.
[31]W.M.Wang,L.M.Chen,J.Y.Mao,K.Huang,Y.Ma,J.R.Zhao,L.Zhang,W.C.Yan,D.Z.Li,J.L.Ma,Y.T.Li, X. Lu, Z. Y. Wei, Z. M. Sheng, and J. Zhang. Collimated quasi-monoenergetic electron beam generation from intense laser solid interaction. High Energy Density Physics, 9(3):578 – 582, 2013.
[32]L.M.Chen,W.C.Yan,D.Z.Li,Z.D.Hu,L.Zhang,W.M.Wang,N.Hafz,J.Y.Mao,K.Huang,Y.Ma,J.R.Zhao, J. L. Ma, Y. T. Li, X. Lu, Z. M. Sheng, Z. Y. Wei, J. Gao, and J. Zhang. Bright betatron x-ray radiation from a laser-driven-clustering gas target. Scientific Reports, 3:1912, 2013.
[33] R Spesyvtsev, E Brunetti, G Vieux, M Shahzad, A Maitrallain, S Yoffe, B Ersfeld, A Kornaszewski, M J V Streeter,O Finlay, Y. Ma, B Kettle, S J D Dann, F Albert, N Bourgeois, S Cipiccia, J M Cole, E Gerstmayr, I G Gonzales, A Higginbotham, A E Hussein, K Falk, K Krushelnick, N Lemos, N C Lopes, C Lumsdon, O Lundh, S P D Mangles, Z Najmudin, P P Rajeev, M Smid, D R Symes, A G R Thomas, and D A Jaroszynski. Generation of electron high energy beams with a ring-like structure by a dual stage laser wakefield accelerator. In Proc.SPIE, volume 11036, apr 2019.
[34] Oznur Mete Apsimon, Y. Ma, Thomas Pacey, Daniel Seipt, Robert Apsimon, Matthew Streeter, Alec Thomas, and Guoxing Xia. Design Study for a Plasma Undulator Experiment Using Capillary Based Discharge Plasma Source. In Proceedings, 8th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2017): Copenhagen, Denmark, May 14-19, 2017, page TUPAB114, 2017.
[35] L. M. Chen, K. Huang, W. C. Yan, D. Z. Li, Y. Ma, W. M. Wang, Y. T. Li, Z. M. Sheng, and J. Zhang. Progress of laser-driven betatron radiation in iop. In Jorge Rocca, Carmen Menoni, and Mario Marconi, editors, X-Ray Lasers 2014, pages 155–163, Cham, 2016. Springer International Publishing.
