Acceleration of ions up to 20MeV/nucleon in the ultrashort, high-intensity regime

Ravikant G S V R.G.S.V. Prasad, Sargis A. S.A. Ter-Avetisyan, Domenico D. Doria, K.E Quinn, L. Romagnani, M. Zepf, M. Borghesi, A. Andreev, P.S. Foster, C.M. Brenner, P.L. Gallegos, D. Neely, J.S. Green, M.J.V. Streeter, D.C. Carroll, O. Tresca, P. McKenna, N.P. Dover, C.A.J. Palmer, J. SchreiberZ. Najmudin

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Abstract

The measurements reported here provide scaling laws for the ion acceleration process in the regime of ultrashort (50 fs), ultrahigh contrast (1010) and ultrahigh intensity (> 1020W/cm 2), never investigated previously. The scaling of the accelerated ion energies was studied by varying a number of parameters such as target thickness (down to 10nm), target material (C and Al) and laser light polar- ization (circular and linear) at 35° and normal laser incidence. A twofold increase in proton energy and an order of magnitude enhancement in ion flux have been observed over the investigated thickness range at 35° angle of incidence. Further- more, at normal laser incidence, measured peak proton energies of about 20 MeV are observed almost independently of the target thickness over a wide range (50nm- 10 μm). 1.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLaser-Plasma Acceleration
EditorsF. Ferroni, L.A. Gizzi, R. Faccini
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
PublisherIOS Press
Pages213-220
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9781614991281
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2012
EventEnrico Fermi International School of Physics and summer school: "Laser-Plasma Acceleration" - Varenna, Italy
Duration: 1 Jun 2011 → …

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International School of Physics
PublisherIOS
Volume179
ISSN (Print)0074-784X

Conference

ConferenceEnrico Fermi International School of Physics and summer school: "Laser-Plasma Acceleration"
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityVarenna
Period1/06/11 → …

Keywords

  • acceleration of ions
  • 20MeV/nucleon
  • ultrashort
  • high-intensity

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