Optimal ion acceleration from ultrathin foils irradiated by a profiled laser pulse of relativistic intensity

Journal Article · Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2009 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3054528· OSTI ID:21272470

Andreev, A A ^[1]; Steinke, S; Sokollik, T; Schnuerer, M; Nickles, P V ^[1]; Avetsiyan, S Ter ^[1]; Platonov, K Yu ^[2]

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1. Max-Born-Institute, Berlin D-12489 (Germany)
2. Institute for Laser Physics, St. Petersburg 199064 (Russian Federation)

Recent investigations of relativistic laser plasmas have shown that the energy transfer from the laser field to the kinetic ion energy and therefore the attainable maximum energy of the ions increases when ultrathin targets are irradiated by laser pulse without prepulse. In this paper, the influence of the target thickness and laser pulse contrast on the energy of the accelerated ions has been studied theoretically as well as experimentally. An optimum target was searched if a real laser pulse with a certain prepulse irradiates the target.

• OSTI ID: 21272470
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 16, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3054528; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ACCELERATION
ENERGY TRANSFER
FOILS
IONS
LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA
RELATIVISTIC PLASMA