Contact Information
sentoku@unr.edu
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Office LP 211, SAGE 373c
Degrees
Ph.D., Engineering 1999 Osaka University, Japan
M.S., Engineering 1991 Keio University, Japan
B.S., Engineering 1989 Keio University, Japan
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Research Interests
Selected Publications
Nevada Terawatt Facility
Dr. Yasuhiko Sentoku Research Associate Professor, Physics
Professional Experience
| 2006 - Present | Research Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno |
| 2003-2006 | Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno |
| 2002-2003 | Scientist, General Atomics, San Diego, California |
| 2000-2002 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Japan |
| 1999-2000 | Researcher, Institute for Laser Technology, Osaka, Japan |
Physics of high energy density matter created by ultra short laser pulse.
Numerical modeling of high energy density plasmas and ultra-short ultra-intense short pulse matter interaction including fat ion generation by ultra-short laser pulse, isochoric laser matter heating, and fast ignition in laser fusion.
Development of simulation code on a massive parallel computer system.
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Publications & Presentations (2004-2010)
"Enhanced propagation for relativistic laser pulses in inhomogeneous plasmas using hollow channels", J. Fuchs, E. d'Humieres, Y. Sentoku etal., Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 225001 (2010).
"Heat transport in solid target following relativistic laser-matter interaction", Y. Sentoku, and M. C. Downer, High Energy Density Phys. 6, 268 (2010).
"Superthermal and efficient-heating modes in the interaction of a cone target with ultraintense laser light", H. Nakamura, B. Chrisman, T. Tanimoto, M. Borghesi, K. Kondo, M. Nakatsutsumi, T. Norimatsu, M. Tampo, K. A. Tanaka, T. Yabuuchi, Y. Sentoku, and R. Kodama, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 045009 (2009).
"Hot-electron energy coupling in ultraintense laser-matter interaction", A. J. Kemp, Y. Sentoku, and M. Tabak, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 075005 (2008).
"Fast heating of cylindrically imploded plasmas by petawat laser light", H. Nakamura, Y. Sentoku, T. Matsuoka, K. Kondo, M. Nakatsutsumi, T. Norimatsu, H. Shiraga, K. A. Tanaka, T. Yabuuchi, and R. Kodama, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 165001 (2008).
"Intensity scaling of hot electron energy coupling in cone-guided fast ignition", B. Chrisman, Y. Sentoku, and A. J. Kemp, Phys. Plasmas 15, 056309 (2008).
"Numerical methods for particle simulations at extreme densities and temperatures", Y. Sentoku, and A. J. Kemp, J. Comp. Phys. 227,6846 (2008).
"Isochoric heating in hetrogeneous solid targets with ultrashort laser pulses", Y. Sentoku, A. J. Kemp, R. Presura, M. Bakeman, and T. E. Cowan, Phys. Plasmas 14,122701 (2007).
"Collisional relaxation of super themal electrons generated by relativistic laser pulses in dense plasma", A. J. Kemp, Y. Sentoku, V. Sotnikov, and S. C. Wilks, Phys. Rev. Lett., (2006).
"The production of ultrafast bright K-alpha X-rays from laser produced plasmas for medical imaging", J. Rassuchine, G. Dyer, B. Cho, Y. Sentoku, T. Cowan, S. Kneip, T. Ditmire, and N. Renard-Le Galloudec, Med. Phys, 33, 2251 (2006).
"Transient electrostatic fields and related energetic proton generation with a plasma fiber", Z. L. Chen, G. R. Kumar, Z. M. Sheng, M. Matusoka, Y. Sentoku, M. Tampo, K. A. Tanaka, T. Tsutsumi, T. Yabuuchi, and R. Kodama, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 084802 (2006).
"Laser hole boring and hot electron generation in the fast ignition scheme", Y. Sentoku, W. Kruer, M. Matsuoka, A. Pukhov, Fus. Sci. and Tech., 49, 278 (2006). "Electron cyclotron heating by fast magnetosonic waves generated during the interaction of a laser pulse with a magnetized plasma", V. I. Sotnikov, Y. Sentoku, and V. B. Krasovitskii, Phys. Plasmas 12, 110703 (2005)"
"Broad-range neutron spectra identification in ultraintse laser interactions with carbon-deuterated plasma", A. Youseef, R. Kodama, H. Habara, K. A. Tanaka, Y. Sentoku, M. Tampo, and Y. Toyama, Phys. Plasmas 12, 110703 (2005).
"Comparison of laser ion acceleration from the front and rear surfaces of thin foils", J. Fuchs, Y. Sentoku, S. Karsh, J. Cobble, A. Nikroo, M. Roth, P. Audebert, E. Brambrink, A. Blazevic, E. M. Campbell, J. Fernandez, J. -C. Gauthier, M. Geissel, M. Hegelich, R. Johnson, S. Letzring, H. Pepin, N. Renard-Le Galloudec, H. Ruhl, T. Shimada, J. Screiber, R. B. Stephens, and T. E. Cowan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 045004 (2005).
"Petawatt-laser direct heating of uniformly imploded deuterated-polystyrene shell target", Y. Kitagawa, Y. Sentoku, S. Akamatsu, W. Sakamoto, K. A. Tanaka, R. Kodama, H. Nishimura, Y. Inubushi, M. Nakai, T. Watari, T. Norimatsu, and A. Sunahara', Phys. Rev. E 71, 016403 (2005).
"Plasma devices to guide and collimate a high density of MeV electrons", R. Kodama, Y. Sentoku, Z. L. Chen, G. R. Kumar, S. P. Hatchett, Y. Toyama, T. E. Cowan, R. R. Freeman, J. Fuchs, Y. Izawa, M. H. Key, Y. Kitagawa, K. Kondo, T. Matsuoka, H. Nakamura, M. Nakatsutsumi, P. A. Norreys, T. Norimatsu, R. A. Snavely, R. B. Stephens, M. Tampo, K. A. Tanaka, and T. Yabuuchi,, Nature 432, 1005 (2004).
"Anomalous inhibition of electron transport in laser-matter interaction at subrelativistic intensities", A. J. Kemp, Y. Sentoku, T. E. Cowan, J. Fuchs, and H. Ruhl, , Phys. Plasmas, 11, L69 (2004).
"Laser light and hot electron micro focusing using a conical target", Y. Sentoku, K. Mima, H. Ruhl, Y. Toyama, R. Kodama, and T. E. Cowan, Phys. Plasmas 11, 3083 (2004).
"Electron acceleration in an ultra-intense laser illuminated capillary", Y. Kitagawa, Y. Sentoku, S. Akamatsu, W. Sakamoto, R. Kodama, K. A. Tanaka, T. Norimatsu, T. Matsuoka, H. Fujita, and H. Yoshida, , Phys. Rev. Lett., {¥bf 92}, 205002 (2004).
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