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Influence of laser irradiated spot size on energetic electron injection and proton acceleration in foil targets

Coury, M. ; Carroll, D. C. ; Robinson, A. P. L. ; Yuan, X. H. ; Brenner, C. M. ; Burza, Matthias LU ; Gray, R. J. ; Quinn, M. N. ; Lancaster, K. L. and Li, Y. T. , et al. (2012) In Applied Physics Letters 100(7).
Abstract
The influence of irradiated spot size on laser energy coupling to electrons, and subsequently to protons, in the interaction of intense laser pulses with foil targets is investigated experimentally. Proton acceleration is characterized for laser intensities ranging from 2 x 10(18) - 6 x 10(20) W/cm(2), by (1) variation of the laser energy for a fixed irradiated spot size, and (2) by variation of the spot size for a fixed energy. At a given laser pulse intensity, the maximum proton energy is higher under defocus illumination compared to tight focus and the results are explained in terms of geometrical changes to the hot electron injection. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3685615]
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Applied Physics Letters
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100
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0003-6951
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10.1063/1.3685615
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  abstract     = {{The influence of irradiated spot size on laser energy coupling to electrons, and subsequently to protons, in the interaction of intense laser pulses with foil targets is investigated experimentally. Proton acceleration is characterized for laser intensities ranging from 2 x 10(18) - 6 x 10(20) W/cm(2), by (1) variation of the laser energy for a fixed irradiated spot size, and (2) by variation of the spot size for a fixed energy. At a given laser pulse intensity, the maximum proton energy is higher under defocus illumination compared to tight focus and the results are explained in terms of geometrical changes to the hot electron injection. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3685615]}},
  author       = {{Coury, M. and Carroll, D. C. and Robinson, A. P. L. and Yuan, X. H. and Brenner, C. M. and Burza, Matthias and Gray, R. J. and Quinn, M. N. and Lancaster, K. L. and Li, Y. T. and Lin, X. X. and Tresca, O. and Wahlström, Claes-Göran and Neely, D. and McKenna, P.}},
  issn         = {{0003-6951}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  series       = {{Applied Physics Letters}},
  title        = {{Influence of laser irradiated spot size on energetic electron injection and proton acceleration in foil targets}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/1940407/2544211.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/1.3685615}},
  volume       = {{100}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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