High energy density micro plasma bunch from multiple laser interaction with thin target

Journal Article · Mon Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4858956· OSTI ID:22275769

Xu, Han ^[1]; Yu, Wei; Luan, S. X.; Xu, Z. Z. ^[2]; Cai, H. B.; Zhou, C. T. ^[3]; Yang, X. H.; Yin, Y.; Zhuo, H. B. ^[4]; Wang, J. W. ^[2]; Murakami, M. ^[5]

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1. National Laboratory for Parallel and Distributed Processing, College of Computer Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073 (China)
2. Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Shanghai 201800 (China)
3. Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088 (China)
4. College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha (China)
5. Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871 (Japan)

Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation is used to investigate radiation-pressure driven acceleration and compression of small solid-density plasma by intense laser pulses. It is found that multiple impacts by presently available short-pulse lasers on a small hemispheric shell target can create a long-living tiny quasineutral monoenergetic plasma bunch of very high energy density.

• OSTI ID: 22275769
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 2; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ENERGY DENSITY
LASERS
PLASMA DENSITY
PULSES
RADIATION PRESSURE
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS