1. High-energy-density plasmas: particle acceleration, radiation effect, instabilities, kinetic turbulence

2. Laser-plasma accelerators: particle acceleration, radiation sources

High-energy-density plasmas with an energy density exceeding 10⁵J/cm³ can be created in a laboratory when an intense laser or particle beam irradiates a target. The study of this state of matter is an international frontier field. It has important scientific significance and application value for inertial confinement fusion, particle accelerators, radiation sources, astrophysics, materials science, and the defense industry. The electron transient dynamics process plays a vital role in the spatiotemporal evolution of high-energy-density plasmas, which directly influences the realization of critical scientific goals such as the high energy gain of inertial confinement fusion, the high acceleration efficiency of plasma accelerators, the high brightness of compact light sources, and the high fidelity in laboratory astrophysics. We mainly use theoretical analyses and numerical simulations to study key physical processes such as acceleration, radiation, instability, and kinetic turbulence in the plasma to guide related practical applications.

[PhD] Peking University, Nuclear Technology (2020)

[BS]   Peking University, Physics (2015)

Associate Professor @ Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2024-)

Postdoctoral Researcher @ Stanford University (2023-2024)

Postdoctoral Researcher @ Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (2020-2023)

My publication can be found via：

1.google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1k890r8AAAAJ&hl=en

2.researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zheng-Gong-7

Parts of my publication are listed below

（1） Effects of electron heating and surface rippling on Rayleigh–Taylor instability in radiation pressure acceleration, Matter and Radiation at Extremes 8 (3) (2023), 2023
（2） Electron polarization in ultrarelativistic plasma current filamentation instabilities, Physical Review Letters 130 (1), 015101 (2023), 2023
（3） Spin-polarized electron beam generation in the colliding-pulse injection scheme, Matter and Radiation at Extremes 8 (6), 064005 (2023), 2023

（4） Research progress on radiative spin polarized plasma, 强激光与粒子束 35 (1), 012010-1-012010-10, 2023
（5） Colliding pulse injection of polarized electron bunches in a laser-plasma accelerator, Physical Review Research 5 (3), 033205 (2023), 2023
（6） Electron slingshot acceleration in relativistic preturbulent shocks explored via emitted photon polarization, Physical Review Letters 131 (22), 225101 (2023), 2023
（7） Deciphering in situ electron dynamics of ultrarelativistic plasma via polarization pattern of emitted γ-photons, Physical Review Research 4 (2), L022024 (2022), 2022
（8） Energy-chirp compensation of laser-driven ion beams enabled by structured targets, Physical Review Research 4 (4), L042031 (2022), 2022
（9） Towards the optimisation of direct laser acceleration, New Journal of Physics 23 (2), 023031 (2021), 2021
（10） Emission of electromagnetic waves as a stopping mechanism for nonlinear collisionless ionization waves in a high-beta regime, Physical Review E 103 (2), 023209 (2021), 2021
（11） Efficiency enhancement of ion acceleration from thin target irradiated by multi-PW few-cycle laser pulses, Physics of Plasmas 28 (2) (2021), 2021
（12） Cascaded generation of isolated sub-10 attosecond half-cycle pulses, New Journal of Physics 23 (5), 053003 (2021), 2021
（13） Radiative polarization dynamics of relativistic electrons in an intense electromagnetic field, Physical Review A 103 (4), 042807 (2021), 2021
（14） Retrieving transient magnetic fields of ultrarelativistic laser plasma via ejected electron polarization, Physical Review Letters 127 (16), 165002 (2021), 2021
（15） Super-heavy ions acceleration driven by ultrashort laser pulses at ultrahigh intensity, Physical Review X 11 (2), 021049 (2021), 2021
（16） Direct laser acceleration of electrons assisted by strong laser-driven azimuthal plasma magnetic fields, Physical Review E 102 (1), 013206 (2020), 2020
（17） Demonstration of tailored energy deposition in a laser proton accelerator, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 23 (12), 121304 (2020), 2020
（18） Design of a compact short pulse positron source based on laser plasma accelerators, Physics of Plasmas 27 (10) (2020), 2020
（19） New injection and acceleration scheme of positrons in the laser-plasma bubble regime, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 23 (9), 091301 (2020), 2020
（20） Power Scaling for Collimated gamma-Ray Beams Generated by Structured Laser-Irradiated Targets and Its Application to Two-Photon Pair Production, Physical Review Applied 13 (5), 054024 (2020), 2020
（21） Electron confinement by laser-driven azimuthal magnetic fields during direct laser acceleration, Physics of Plasmas 27 (5) (2020), 2020
（22） Energy gain by laser-accelerated electrons in a strong magnetic field, Physical Review E 101 (4), 043201 (2020), 2020
（23） Energetic spin-polarized proton beams from two-stage coherent acceleration in laser-driven plasma, Physical Review E 102 (5), 053212 (2020), 2020
（24） Proton sheet crossing in thin relativistic plasma irradiated by a femtosecond petawatt laser pulse, Physical Review E 102 (1), 013207 (2020), 2020
（25） Terahertz radiation enhanced by target ablation during the interaction of high intensity laser pulse and micron-thickness metal foil, Physics of Plasmas 27 (2) (2020), 2020
（26） Radiation reaction as an energy enhancement mechanism for laser-irradiated electrons in a strong plasma magnetic field, Scientific Reports 9 (1), 17181 (2019), 2019
（27） Deflection of a reflected intense circularly polarized light beam induced by asymmetric radiation pressure, Physical Review E 100 (6), 063203 (2019), 2019
（28） Ultrahigh brightness attosecond electron beams from intense X-ray laser driven plasma photocathode, International Journal of Modern Physics A 34 (34), 1943012 (2019), 2019
（29） Radiation rebound and quantum splash in electron-laser collisions, Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 22 (9), 093401 (2019), 2019
（30） Impact of ion dynamics on laser-driven electron acceleration and gamma-ray emission in structured targets at ultra-high laser intensities, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 61 (8), 084004 (2019), 2019
（31） Creation of electron-positron pairs in photon-photon collisions driven by 10-PW laser pulses, Physical Review Letters 122 (1), 014802 (2019), 2019
（32） Highly collimated electron acceleration by longitudinal laser fields in a hollow-core target, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 61 (3), 035012 (2019), 2019
（33） Enhanced laser-driven ion acceleration by superponderomotive electrons generated from near-critical-density plasma, Physical Review Letters 120 (7), 074801 (2018), 2018

1. Peking University (Prof. Xueqing Yan)

2. Max Plack Institute for Nuclear Physics (Prof. Christoph Keitel)

3. University of California, San Diego (Prof. Alexey Arefiev)

4. Stanford University (Prof. Matthew Edwards)