Target normal sheath acceleration with a large laser focal diameter

Park, J.; Bin, J. H.; Steinke, S.; Ji, Q.; Bulanov, S. S.; Thévenet, M.; Vay, J. -L.; Schenkel, T.; Geddes, C. R.; Schroeder, C. B.; Esarey, E.

doi:10.1063/5.0020609

Target normal sheath acceleration with a large laser focal diameter

Journal Article · Mon Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0020609· OSTI ID:1825487

Park, J. ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[1]; Ji, Q. ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[1]; Geddes, C. R. ^[1]; Schroeder, C. B. ^[1]; Esarey, E. ^[1]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

In this work, the dependence of the laser-driven ion acceleration from thin titanium foils in the Target Normal Sheath Acceleration (TNSA) regime on target and laser parameters is explored using two dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. The oblique incidence (θ_L = 45°) and large focal spot size (w₀ = 40μm) are chosen to take an advantage of quasi one-dimensional geometry of sheath fields and effective electron heating. This interaction setup also reveals low and achromatic angular divergence of a proton beam. It is shown that the hot electron temperature deviates from the ponderomotive scaling for short laser pulses and small pre-plasmas. This deviation is mainly due to the laser sweeping, as the short duration laser pulse each moment in time effectively heats only a fraction of a focal spot on the foil. This instantaneous partial heating results in an electron temperature deviation from the ponderomotive scaling and, thus, lower maximum proton energies than it could have been expected from the TNSA theory.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1825487

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1737700

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 27; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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