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Effects of front surface plasma expansion on proton acceleration in ultraintense laser irradiation of foil targets

McKenna, P. ; Carroll, D. C. ; Lundh, Olle LU ; Nuernberg, F. ; Markey, K. ; Bandyopadhyay, S. ; Batani, D. ; Evans, R. G. ; Jafer, R. and Kar, S. , et al. (2008) In Laser and Particle Beams 26(4). p.591-596
Abstract
The properties of beams of high energy protons accelerated during ultraintense, picosecond laser-irradiation of thin foil targets are investigated as a function of preplasma expansion at the target front surface. Significant enhancement in the maximum proton energy and laser-to-proton energy conversion efficiency is observed at optimum preplasma density gradients due, to self-focusing Of the incident laser pulse. For very long preplasma expansion, the propagating laser pulse is observed to filament, resulting in highly uniform proton beams, but with reduced flux and maximum energy.
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Plasma expansion, Laser-plasma interaction, Laser-proton acceleration
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Laser and Particle Beams
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26
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4
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591 - 596
publisher
Cambridge University Press
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ISSN
0263-0346
DOI
10.1017/S0263034608000657
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English
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  abstract     = {{The properties of beams of high energy protons accelerated during ultraintense, picosecond laser-irradiation of thin foil targets are investigated as a function of preplasma expansion at the target front surface. Significant enhancement in the maximum proton energy and laser-to-proton energy conversion efficiency is observed at optimum preplasma density gradients due, to self-focusing Of the incident laser pulse. For very long preplasma expansion, the propagating laser pulse is observed to filament, resulting in highly uniform proton beams, but with reduced flux and maximum energy.}},
  author       = {{McKenna, P. and Carroll, D. C. and Lundh, Olle and Nuernberg, F. and Markey, K. and Bandyopadhyay, S. and Batani, D. and Evans, R. G. and Jafer, R. and Kar, S. and Neely, D. and Pepler, D. and Quinn, M. N. and Redaelli, R. and Roth, M. and Wahlstrom, C. -G. and Yuan, X. H. and Zepf, M.}},
  issn         = {{0263-0346}},
  keywords     = {{Plasma expansion; Laser-plasma interaction; Laser-proton acceleration}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{591--596}},
  publisher    = {{Cambridge University Press}},
  series       = {{Laser and Particle Beams}},
  title        = {{Effects of front surface plasma expansion on proton acceleration in ultraintense laser irradiation of foil targets}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0263034608000657}},
  doi          = {{10.1017/S0263034608000657}},
  volume       = {{26}},
  year         = {{2008}},
}