Fast ion acceleration from thin foils irradiated by ultra-high intensity, ultra-high contrast laser pulses

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

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Fast ion acceleration from thin foils irradiated by ultra-high intensity, ultra-high contrast laser pulses

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

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Ion acceleration resulting from the interaction of ultra-high intensity (2 x 10(20) W/cm(2)) and ultra-high contrast (similar to 10(10)) laser pulses with 0.05-10 mu m thick Al foils at normal (0 degrees) and 35 degrees laser incidence is investigated. When decreasing the target thickness from 10 mu m down to 0.05 mu m, the accelerated ions become less divergent and the ion flux increases, particularly at normal (0 degrees) laser incidence on the target. A laser energy conversion into protons of,similar to 6.5% is estimated at 35 degrees laser incidence. Experimental results are in reasonable agreement with theoretical estimates and can be a benchmark for further theoretical and computational work.

Original language	English
Article number	121504
Pages (from-to)	-
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	99
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3643133
Publication status	Published - 19 Sept 2011

Keywords

proton acceleration
aluminium
foils
thin foils
plasma light propagation

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Prasad, R., Andreev, A. A., Ter-Avetisyan, S., Doria, D., Quinn, K. E., Romagnani, L., Brenner, C. M., Carroll, D. C., Dover, N. P., Neely, D., Foster, P. S., Gallegos, P., Green, J. S., McKenna, P., Najmudin, Z., Palmer, C. A. J., Schreiber, J., Streeter, M. J. V., Tresca, O., ... Borghesi, M. (2011). Fast ion acceleration from thin foils irradiated by ultra-high intensity, ultra-high contrast laser pulses. Applied Physics Letters, 99(12), -. Article 121504. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3643133

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