Low- and medium-mass ion acceleration driven by petawatt laser plasma interactions
(2007) In Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 49(B223). p.223-231- Abstract
- An experimental investigation of low- and medium-mass ion acceleration from resistively heated thin foil targets, irradiated by picosecond laser pulses at intensities up to 5 × 10^20 Wcm−2, is reported. It is found that the spectral distributions of ions, up to multi-MeV/nucleon energies, accelerated from the rear surface of the target are broadly consistent with previously reported measurements made at intensities up to 5 × 10^19 Wcm−2. Properties of the backward-directed beams of ions accelerated from the target front surface are also measured, and it is found that, compared with the rear surface, higher ion numbers and charges, and similar ion energies are produced. Additionally, the scaling of the maximum ion energy as a function of... (More)
- An experimental investigation of low- and medium-mass ion acceleration from resistively heated thin foil targets, irradiated by picosecond laser pulses at intensities up to 5 × 10^20 Wcm−2, is reported. It is found that the spectral distributions of ions, up to multi-MeV/nucleon energies, accelerated from the rear surface of the target are broadly consistent with previously reported measurements made at intensities up to 5 × 10^19 Wcm−2. Properties of the backward-directed beams of ions accelerated from the target front surface are also measured, and it is found that, compared with the rear surface, higher ion numbers and charges, and similar ion energies are produced. Additionally, the scaling of the maximum ion energy as a function of ion charge and laser
intensity are measured and compared with the predictions of a numerical model. (Less)
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author = {{McKenna, P and Lindau, Filip and Lundh, Olle and Carroll, DC and Clarke, RJ and Ledingham, KWD and McCanny, T and Neely, D and Robinson, APL and Robson, L and Simpson, PT and Wahlström, Claes-Göran and Zepf, M}},
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title = {{Low- and medium-mass ion acceleration driven by petawatt laser plasma interactions}},
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