Contact Information

Tel: 010-62745005 
E-mail：bqiao@pku.edu.cn

Education
Ph.D.: Laser-Plasma Physics Institute

Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics (IAPCM), Beijing, P. R.China 
Viva Date: 07/2006, Supervisor: Academician, Prof. X. T. He,

B.Sc.: Applied Physics Institute: Anhui University, Hefei, P. R. China, Viva date: 07/2001 

Working Experience

09/2013-present: Professor of Physics, Peking University

05/2011-09/2013: Staff Research Scientist, University of California San Diego (UCSD), USA

06/2008-05/2011: Research Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), UK

05/2007-05/2008: National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore

1. 
   Research Areas 
   Dr Qiao’s main research interests are in the area of high-energy density physics, with particular attention to the laser plasma interaction in the high intensity regime (typically of 1018-1023 W/cm2). This is a field of great physical interest due to highly non-linear and relativistic phenomena involved, and their important applications. As a theorist, he has been active in both theoretical modeling and numerical simulation, in close contact with the experimentalists. Present research topics include:
2. 1. Fast Ignition scheme of Inertial Fusion Energy: integrated modelling for electron and proton fast ignition with the state of the art hybrid implicit PIC code “large scale plasma (LSP)”
3. 2. Laser-driven ion and electron acceleration: in particular in ion (including both protons and heavy ions) Radiation Pressure Acceleration (RPA) by circularly polarized laser pulse and super-ponderomotive fast electron acceleration
4. 3. Fast particle (both electron and ion) beam transport in solid-density matter and warm dense plasmas: stopping and heating model, resistive magnetic field generation, self-pinching and collimation, equation of states etc.
5. 4. High repetition rate short pulse laser neutron source: design for high-energy neutron (>10MeV) source production by high-power short laser pulses
6. 5. Creation and confinement of electron-positron pair plasma in relativistic laser-plasma interaction
7. 6. Short pulse X-ray production and high harmonic generation (HHG): HHG from relativistically oscillating plasma mirror and laser-driven relativistic electron mirror.
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9. He has also give contributions on computational physics:
10. 1. High performance computation: experiences with IBM Blue Gene/P “JUGENE” (294912 cores) and “JuRoPA” (17664 cores) at JSC Juelich, Germany; IBM Power 6 “VIP” (6560cores) in Garching Munich, Germany and “SCARF” cluster at Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, UK
11. 2. Plasma simulation methods: Hybrid fluid-PIC, implicit/explicit PIC, Fokker-Planck and hydrodynamic simulations.
12. Other interests include:
13. 1. Nonlinear Optics: nonlinear dynamics of laser propagation, optical vortex, Bose-Einstein condensates
14. 2. Nonlinear plasma physics (Zakharov equations and waves in plasmas, chaos and Pattern study) 

Grants and Awards 
1. Principle investigator (PI) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) National Laser Users' Facility (NLUF) Program Grant DE-FOA-0000681 “Dynamics of High-Energy Photon Beam Focusing and Transition into Solid Targets of Different Materials”, 2013-2015. (150K USD)

2. Coordinate-Principle Investigator (Co-PI) US Department of Defense (DOD) Airforce office project “State-of-the-art high flux mono-energetic ion sources driven by ultra-intense laser pulses”, 2014-2017. (1.5M USD)

3. PI of German computational project “JJSC04: high-performance computation for demonstration of laser-particle accelerators” at IBM Blue Gene/P “JUGENE” and “JuRoPA”. (150k core-hours)

4. Key Investigator of US Department of Energy (DOE) projects “Generation, transport and control of proton beams in dense ionized plasma” and “advanced concept exploration for fast ignition program”

5. PI for Pending US National Science Foundation (NSF) project “Novel Path towards compact laser-ion accelerators: radiation pressure acceleration by ultra-intense laser pulses”, 2014-2017, (750k USD).

Selected Publications 
1. B. Qiao, M. E. Foord, M. S. Wei, R. B. Stephens, M. Key, H. McLean, and F. N. Beg, “Dynamics of high-energy proton beam acceleration and focusing from hemisphere-cone target by high-intensity lasers” Phys. Rev. E., 87, 013108 (2013). 
2. S. Kar, K.F. Kakolee, B. Qiao, M. Cerchez et al., “Fast scalable ion acceleration driven by intense laser radiation pressure”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 185006 (2012). 
3. B. Qiao, S. Kar, M. Geissler, P. Gibbon, M. Zepf and M. Borghesi, “Dominance of Radiation Pressure in ion acceleration with linearly polarized pulses at intensities of 1021Wcm-2”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 115002 (2012). 
4. B. Qiao, M. Zepf, M. Borghesi, B. Dromey, M. Geissler, and P. Gibbon, “Radiation Pressure acceleration of Ion beams from Nanofoil Targets: The Leaky Light-Sail Regime”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 155002 (2010). 
5. B. Qiao, M. Zepf, M. Borghesi and M. Geissler, “Stable GeV ion- beam acceleration from thin foils by circularly polarized laser pulses”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 145002 (2009). 
6. B. Qiao, M. Zepf, M. Borghesi and M. Geissler, “Coherent X-ray production via pulse reflection from laser-driven dense electron sheets”, New. J. Phys. 11, 103042 (2009). 
7. Bin Qiao, C. H. Lai, C. T. Zhou, X. T. He and X. G. Wang, “Complex dynamics of Terawatt laser pulses in air”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 221114 (2007). 

Recent Publications

1. B. Qiao, M. E. Foord, M. S. Wei, R. B. Stephens, M. Key, H. McLean, and F. N. Beg, “Dynamics of high-energy proton beam acceleration and focusing from hemisphere-cone target by high-intensity lasers” Phys. Rev. E., 87, 013108 (2013). 
2. T. Yabuuchi, R. Mishra, C. Mcguffey, B. Qiao, M. S. Wei, et al., “Relativistic interactions of kJ-class intense laser in gold cone targets”, New J. Phys. 15, 015020 (2013). 
3. G. M. Petrov, D. P. Higginson, C. McGuffey, B. Qiao and F. N. Beg, “Generation of high-energy (>15 MeV) neutrons using short pulse high intensity lasers”, Phys. Plasmas 19, 093106 (2012). 
4. S. Kar, K.F. Kakolee, B. Qiao, M. Cerchez et al., “Fast scalable ion acceleration driven by intense laser radiation pressure”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 185006 (2012). 
5. B. Qiao, S. Kar, M. Geissler, P. Gibbon, M. Zepf and M. Borghesi, “Dominance of Radiation Pressure in ion acceleration with linearly polarized pulses at intensities of 1021Wcm-2”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 115002 (2012). 
6. B. Qiao, M. Geissler, S. Kar, M. Borghesi and M. Zepf, “stable ion radiation pressure acceleration with intense laser pulses”, Plasma. Phys. Control. Fusion 53, 124009 (2011). 
7. X. H. Yang, M. Borghesi, B. Qiao, M. Geissler, and A. P. L. Robinson, “Effects of external axial magnetic field on fast electron propagation”, Phys. Plasmas 18, 093102 (2011). 
8. B. Qiao, M. Zepf, M. Borghesi, M. Geissler, B. Dromey and P. Gibbon, “Conditions for efficient and stable ion acceleration by moderate circularly polarized laser pulses at intensities of 1020W/cm2”, Phys. Plasmas 18, 043102 (2011). 
9. B. Qiao, M. Zepf, M. Borghesi, B. Dromey, M. Geissler, and P. Gibbon, “Radiation Pressure acceleration of Ion beams from Nanofoil Targets: The Leaky Light-Sail Regime”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 155002 (2010).
10. S. Micheau, A. Debayle, E. d’Humi`eres, J. J. Honrubia, B. Qiao, M. Zepf, M. Borghesi, and M. Geissler, “Generation and optimization of electron currents along the walls of a conical target for fast ignition ”, Phys. Plasmas 17, 122703 (2010). 
11. B. Qiao, M. Zepf, M. Borghesi and M. Geissler, “Stable GeV ion- beam acceleration from thin foils by circularly polarized laser pulses”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 145002 (2009).
12. B. Qiao, M. Zepf, M. Borghesi and M. Geissler, “Coherent X-ray production via pulse reflection from laser-driven dense electron sheets”, New. J. Phys. 11, 103042 (2009). 
13. H. Y. Niu, X. T. He, C. T. Zhou and B. Qiao, “Enhanced resonant acceleration of electrons from intense laser interaction with density-attenuating plasma”, Phys. Plasmas 16, 013104 (2009).