Radiation pressure acceleration: The factors limiting maximum attainable ion energy

Bulanov, S. S.; Esarey, E.; Schroeder, C. B.; Bulanov, S. V.; Esirkepov, T. Zh.; Kando, M.; Pegoraro, F.; Leemans, W. P.

doi:10.1063/1.4946025

Title: Radiation pressure acceleration: The factors limiting maximum attainable ion energy

Journal Article · Fri Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4946025· OSTI ID:1379314

Bulanov, S. S. ^[1]; Esarey, E. ^[1]; Schroeder, C. B. ^[1]; Bulanov, S. V. ^[2]; Esirkepov, T. Zh. ^[3]; Kando, M. ^[3];

^[4]; Leemans, W. P. ^[5]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Kyoto (Japan); A. M. Prokhorov Institute of General Physics RAS, Moscow (Russia)
National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Kyoto (Japan)
Univ. of Pisa and Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Pisa (Italy)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Radiation pressure acceleration (RPA) is a highly efficient mechanism of laser-driven ion acceleration, with near complete transfer of the laser energy to the ions in the relativistic regime. However, there is a fundamental limit on the maximum attainable ion energy, which is determined by the group velocity of the laser. The tightly focused laser pulses have group velocities smaller than the vacuum light speed, and, since they offer the high intensity needed for the RPA regime, it is plausible that group velocity effects would manifest themselves in the experiments involving tightly focused pulses and thin foils. However, in this case, finite spot size effects are important, and another limiting factor, the transverse expansion of the target, may dominate over the group velocity effect. As the laser pulse diffracts after passing the focus, the target expands accordingly due to the transverse intensity profile of the laser. Due to this expansion, the areal density of the target decreases, making it transparent for radiation and effectively terminating the acceleration. The off-normal incidence of the laser on the target, due either to the experimental setup, or to the deformation of the target, will also lead to establishing a limit on maximum ion energy.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

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Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 23, Issue 5; ISSN 1070-664X

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