I am a plasma physicist in the field of numerical simulations of intense laser interaction with matter. My research interests are ion acceleration and related high flux neutron beam generation, laser wakefield acceleration of electrons, secondary sources of radiation from terahertz scale to X-rays, inertial fusion, and also contemporary simulation tools employed at supercomputers. I conduct my research at Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics, currently the most powerful laser in the world.
At this website, you can find information about my research, scientific outcomes and some materials (presentation, lab reports, codes) related to my former studies at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University.
- Scientific curriculum - employment history, educational history, supervised students
- Publications - peer-reviewed papers, conference proceedings
- Former studies - my university theses, outputs of passed courses, presentations, popular laboratory reports (mainly in Czech though)
- Conferences, schools, invited talks, public lectures
- Upcoming public appearances:
- High Energy Density Science (HEDS2025), April 2025, Yokohama, Japan. Invited talk on Latest research results on PIC simulations related to ELI-NP 10 PW laser experiments. Invitation by Prof. Yuji Fukuda.
- New published paper:
- 6th September 2024: Horný, V., Bleotu, P. G., Ursescu, D., Malka, V. & Tomassini, P.: Efficient laser wakefield accelerator in pump depletion dominated bubble regime, Physical Review E, 110, 035202. Open access.
- 17th April 2024: Yao, W., Nakatsutsumi, M., Buffechoux, S. et al. : Optimizing the laser coupling, matter heating, and particle acceleration from solids by using multiplexed ultraintense lasers, Matter and Radiation in Extremes, 9, 047202. Open access.
- 14th February 2024: Horný, V., Chen, S.N., Davoine, X., Gremillet, L. & Fuchs, J. (2024). Quantitative feasibility study of sequential neutron captures using intense lasers, Physical Review C, 109, 025802. Accepted manuscript version availible at ArXiv.org, 2304.05981. Featured in Physics and Physics World.
- Pending manuscripts in review:
- 18th April 2024: Horný, V., Burdonov, K., Fazzini, A. et al.: A "lighthouse" laser-driven staged proton accelerator allowing for ultrafast angular and spectral control.
- 28th September 2023: Lelasseux, V., Söderström, P.-A., Aogaki, S. et al.: Experimental investigation of the effect of ionization on the 51V(p,n)51Cr reaction.
