Contact Information

Tel: 010-59872143
Fax: 010-59872300
Email: cao_lihua@iapcm.ac.cn

Education
Ph.D National University of Defense Technology, Conferred December, 1996

M.S. Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Conferred in June, 1989

B.S. Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Conferred in July, 1986

Working Experience

2002.10-present: Professor, Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics(IAPCM) 
1999.5-2002.9 Associate Professor, National University of Defense Technology 
1997.5-1999.4 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics 
1986.7-1993.4 Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology 

Research Interests

laser-plasma interaction, fast ignition and related problems, physics of high energy density 

Selected Publications

1. Lihua Cao , Mo Chen, X. T. He, Wei Yu, and M. Y. Yu, Relative importance of MeV-electron energy deposition by collisions and field effects in fast ignition, Phys. Plasmas 19, 044503 (2012). 
2. Lihua Cao, Mo Chen, Zongqing Zhao, Hongbo Cai ,Sizhong Wu, Yuqiu Gu, Wei Yu, M. Y. Yu, and X. T. He, Efficient laser absorption and enhanced electron yield in the laser-target interaction by using a cone-nanolayer target, Phys. Plasmas 18, 054501 (2011). 
3. Zongqing Zhao, Lihua Cao, Leifeng Cao, Jian Wang, Wenzhong Huang, Wei Jiang, Yingling He, Yuchi Wu, Bin Zhu, Kegong Dong, Yongkun Ding, Baohan Zhang, Yuqiu Gu, M.Y.Yu, and X. T. He, Acceleration and guiding of fast electrons by a nanobrush target, Phys. Plasmas 17, 123108(2010) . 
4. Lihua Cao, Yuqiu Gu, Zongqing Zhao, Leifeng Cao, Wenzhong Huang, Weimin Zhou, Hongbo Cai, X. T. He, Wei Yu, and M. Y. Yu，Control of the hot electrons produced by laser interaction with nanolayered target, Phys. Plasmas 17, 103106(2010) . 
5. Lihua Cao, Yuqiu Gu, Zongqing Zhao, Leifeng Cao, Wenzhong Huang, Weimin Zhou, X. T. He, Wei Yu, and M. Y. Yu, Enhanced absorption of intense short-pulse laser light by subwavelength nanolayered target, Phys. Plasmas 17, 043103 (2010). 
6. Lihua Cao, Wei Yu, M. Y. Yu, Xin Wang, Yuqiu Gu, and X. T. He, Reshaping of intense laser pulse with a capillary, Phys. Plasmas, 16, 093109(2009). 
7. Lihua Cao,Wei Yu,M.Y.Yu,Han Xu,X.T.He,Yuqiu Gu,Zhanjun Liu,Jinghong Li and Chunyang Zheng, ‘Nonlinear laser focusing using a conical guide and generation of energetic ions’, Phys. Rev. E 78,036405(2008). 
8. Cao Lihua, Chang Tieqiang, Pei Wenbing,Liu Zhanjun,Li Meng,Zheng Chunyang, Three-dimensional PIC-MC modeling for relativistic electron beam transport through dense plasma, Plasma Science and Technology, 10,18(2008). 
9. HUAN WANG, LIHUA CAO*, Zongqing Zhao, M. Y. Yu, Yuqiu Gu, and X. T. He, Effect of inner-surface roughness of conical target on laser absorption and fast electron generation, Chinese Phys. B, 23,055202 (2014).
10. HUAN WANG, LIHUA CAO*, ZONGQING ZHAO, M. Y. YU,YUQIU GU, X. T. HE, Fast electron beam with manageable spotsize from laser interaction with the tailored cone-nanolayer target, Laser Part. Beams, 30,553-558(2012). 
11. Wei Yu, Lihua Cao*, M. Y. Yu, A. L. Lei, Z. M. Sheng, H. B. Cai, K. Mima, and X. T. He, Focusing of intense laser pulse by a hollow cone, Laser and Particle Beam 28,293(2010). 
12. Wei Yu, L.H. Cao, H. Xu, A.L. Lei, et al, Plasma hole boring by multiply short-pulse lasers，Journal of Physics, Conference series, 112, 022100(2008). 
13. A.L. Lei, L. H. Cao, X. Q. Yang, K. A. Tanaka, R. Kodama, X. T. He, K. Mima,T. Nakamura, T. Norimatsu, W. Yu, and W. Y. Zhang, Guiding and confining fast electrons by transient electric and magnetic fields with a plasma inverse cone, Phys. Plasmas，16, 020702(2009). 
14. 许峰，曹莉华，啁啾激光脉冲产生受激拉曼散射的理论和粒子模拟，计算物理，28,589(2011). 
15. W. YU, L. CAO, M.Y. YU, H. CAI, H. XU, X. YANG, A. LEI, K.A. TANAKA,AND R. KODAMA，Plasma Channeling by Multiple Short-Pulse Lasers ,Laser and Particle Beam 27, 109（2009）. 
16. Jingqing Yu,Weiming Zhou, Lihua Cao,Zongqing Zhao,Leifeng Cao, Lianqiang Shan, Dongxiao Liu,Xiaolin Jin, Bin Li and Yuqiu Gu, Enhancement in coupling efficiency from laser to forward hot electrons by conical nanolayered targets, Applied Physics Letters, 100,204102(2012) 
17. J. H. Bin, A. L. Lei, L. H. Cao, X. Q. Yang, L. G. Huang, M. Y. Yu, and Wei Yu，Influence of the target front-surface curvature on proton acceleration in laser-foil interaction, Phys. Plasmas 16, 043109(2009). 
18. Z. J. Liu, Shao-ping Zhu, L. H. Cao, C. Y. Zheng, X. T. He, and Yugang Wang，Enhancement of backward Raman scattering by electron-ion collisions，Phys. Plasmas, 16, 112703(2009). 
19. Ye Tian, Jiansheng Liu, Wentao Wang, Cheng Wang, Aihua Deng, Changquan Xia, Wentao Li, Lihua Cao, Haiyang Lu, Hui Zhang, Yi Xu, Yuxin Leng, Ruxin Li, and Zhizhan Xu, Electron emission at locked phases from the laser-driven surface plasma wave, Physical Review Letters 109,10002(2012).