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Email: cai_hongbo@iapcm.ac.cn

EducationZ

Zhejiang University Physics   B.Sc.  2002

Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics    Plasma Physics    Ph.D 2007  

Working Experience

2014- Professor, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China.

2014- Professor (part-time), College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.

2010-2014 Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China.

2007-2009 Post-doc, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Research Interests

laser-plasma interaction, kinetic effects in ICF hohlraum, spontaneous magnetic field generation, generation of relativistic electrons, electron transportation, energy deposition, relaxation process in high temperature plasma, instabilities.

Representative Research Projects (5-10):

1. Science Challenge Project (TZ2016005): “Study on the Physics of laser plasma interaction”, RMB 20,000,000, PI, 2016-2020.

2. Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): “Generation and applications of ultrahigh magnetic fields driven by strong laser pulse interacting with plasma”, RMB 900,000, PI, 2016-2019.

3. Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): “Study on the key physics of laser driven high-quality super-Alfvénic electron beam”, RMB 900,000, PI, 2013-2016.

Selected Publications

1. 1. WenShuai Zhang, Hongbo Cai*, Liulei Wei, Jianmin Tian, Shaoping Zhu*, "Enhanced ion acceleration in the ultra-intense laser driven magnetized collisionless shocks", New Journal of Physics, 21, 043026 (2019).

   2. Liulei Wei, Hongbo Cai*, Wenshuai Zhang, Jianmin Tian, Enhao Zhang, JunXiong, Shaoping Zhu*, Acta Phys. Sin. 68, 094101 (2019)（in Chinese）.

2. 3. L.Q. Shan, Hongbo Cai* et al., " Experimental evidence of kinetic effects in indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion hohlraums", Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 195001 (2018).

   4. W.S. Zhang, Hongbo Cai *, S.P. Zhu, " The formation and dissipation of electrostatic shock waves: The role of ion-ion acoustic instabilities", Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 60, 055001 (2018).

   5. W.S. Zhang, Hongbo Cai *, L.Q. Shan et al., "Anomalous neutron yield in indirect-drive inertial-confinement-fusion due to the formation of collisionless shocks in the corona", Nucl. Fusion 57,066012 (2017).

   6. Hongbo Cai *, C.T. Zhou, Q. Jia et al., ”Laser-driven relativistic electron beam for fast ignition ”, High Power Laser and Part. Beams, 27, 032001 (2015).

   7. X.T. He*, Hongbo Cai * et al. , “Physical Studies of Fast ignition in China”, Plasma Phys. Controll. Fusion, 57, 064003 (2015).

   8. Q. Jia, K. Mima*, Hongbo Cai * et al, “Self-generated magnetic dipoles in weakly magnetized beam-plasma system”, Phys. Rev. E 91, 023107 (2015).

   9. Min-Qing He, Hongbo Cai *, Hua Zhang, Quan-Li Dong, Cang-Tao Zhou, Si-Zhong Wu, Zheng-Ming Sheng et al., A spherical shell target scheme for laser-driven neutron sources, Physics of Plasmas 22, 123103 (2015).

   10. Wen-shuai Zhang, Hongbo Cai *, and Shao-ping Zhu, Guiding and focusing of fast electron beams produced by ultra-intense laser pulse using a double cone funnel target, Physics of Plasmas 22, 103109 (2015).

   11. Hongbo Cai *, S.Z. Wu, J.F. Wu, M. Chen, H. Zhang, M.Q. He, L.H. Cao, C.T. Zhou, S.P. Zhu, and X.T. He, “Review of the current status of fast ignition research at the IAPCM”, High Power Laser Science and Engineering 2, 1 (2014).

   12. Hongbo Cai, S. P. Zhu, X. T. He, “Effects of the imposed magnetic field on the production and transport of relativistic electron beams”, Phys. Plasmas 20, 072701 (2013).

3. 13. Hongbo Cai *, S.P. Zhu, X.T. He, and K. Mima, “Study on magnetic field generation and electron collimation in overdense plasmas”, EPJ Web of Conference 59, 17017 (2013).

   14. Q. Jia, Hongbo Cai *, W. W. Wang, S. P. Zhu, Z.M. Sheng, and X.T. He, “Effects of the background plasma temperature on the current filamentation instability”, Phys. Plasmas 20, 032113 (2013).

   15. W.W. Wang, H.B. Cai, Q. Jia, and S.P. Zhu, “Collisional effects on the generation of fast electrons in fast ignition scheme”, Phys. Plasmas 20, 012703 (2013).

   16. Hongbo Cai *, S. P. Zhu, M. Chen, S. Z. Wu, X. T. He, and K. Mima, “Magnetic-field generation and electron-collimation analysis for propagating fast electron beams in overdense plasma”, Phys. Rev. E 83, 036408 (2011).

   17. Hongbo Cai *, S. P. Zhu, X. T. He, S. Z. Wu, M. Chen, C. T. Zhou, W. Yu, and H. Nagatomo, “Magnetic collimation of fast electrons in specially engineered targets irradiated by ultraintense laser pulses”, Phys. Plasmas 18, 023106 (2011).

   18. Hongbo Cai *, K. Mima, A. Sunahara, T. Johzaki, H. Nagatomo, S. P. Zhu and X. T. He, “Prepulse effects on the generation of high energy electrons in fast ignition scheme”, Phys. Plasmas 17, 023106 (2010).

   19. Hongbo Cai, T. Johzaki, A. Sunahara, H. Nagatomo, and K. Mima, “Collimation of relativistic laser-generated high energy electron beams via double cone target in fast ignition scheme”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 244, 022030 (2010).

   20. Hongbo Cai *, K. Mima, W. M. Zhou, T. Jozaki, H. Nagatomo, A. Sunahara, and R. J. Mason, “Enhancing of the number of high energy electrons deposited to a compressed pellet via double cones in fast ignition”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102，245001 (2009).

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