Laser acceleration of protons using multi-ion plasma gaseous targets

Liu, Tung-Chang; Shao, Xi; Liu, Chuan-Sheng; Eliasson, Bengt; Hill, III, W. T.; Wang, Jyhpyng; Chen, Shih-Hung

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/17/2/023018

Title: Laser acceleration of protons using multi-ion plasma gaseous targets

Abstract

We present a theoretical and numerical study of a novel acceleration scheme by applying a combination of laser radiation pressure and shielded Coulomb repulsion in laser acceleration of protons in multi-species gaseous targets. By using a circularly polarized CO₂ laser pulse with a wavelength of 10 μm—much greater than that of a Ti: Sapphire laser—the critical density is significantly reduced, and a high-pressure gaseous target can be used to achieve an overdense plasma. This gives us a larger degree of freedom in selecting the target compounds or mixtures, as well as their density and thickness profiles. By impinging such a laser beam on a carbon–hydrogen target, the gaseous target is first compressed and accelerated by radiation pressure until the electron layer disrupts, after which the protons are further accelerated by the electron-shielded carbon ion layer. An 80 MeV quasi-monoenergetic proton beam can be generated using a half-sine shaped laser beam with a peak power of 70 TW and a pulse duration of 150 wave periods.

Authors:: Liu, Tung-Chang; Shao, Xi; Liu, Chuan-Sheng; Eliasson, Bengt; Hill, III, W. T.; Wang, Jyhpyng; Chen, Shih-Hung

Publication Date:: Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1341477

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1193635

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0008391

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: New Journal of Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: New Journal of Physics Journal Volume: 17 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1367-2630

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

Subject:: 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; laser-plasma acceleration of electrons and ions; particle-in-cell method; laser-plasma interactions; relativistic plasmas

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                    Liu, Tung-Chang, Shao, Xi, Liu, Chuan-Sheng, Eliasson, Bengt, Hill, III, W. T., Wang, Jyhpyng, and Chen, Shih-Hung. Laser acceleration of protons using multi-ion plasma gaseous targets.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Liu, Tung-Chang, Shao, Xi, Liu, Chuan-Sheng, Eliasson, Bengt, Hill, III, W. T., Wang, Jyhpyng, & Chen, Shih-Hung. Laser acceleration of protons using multi-ion plasma gaseous targets.  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/2/023018

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                    Liu, Tung-Chang, Shao, Xi, Liu, Chuan-Sheng, Eliasson, Bengt, Hill, III, W. T., Wang, Jyhpyng, and Chen, Shih-Hung. Sun .  
"Laser acceleration of protons using multi-ion plasma gaseous targets".  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/2/023018.

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@article{osti_1341477,

  title        = {Laser acceleration of protons using multi-ion plasma gaseous targets},

  author       = {Liu, Tung-Chang and Shao, Xi and Liu, Chuan-Sheng and Eliasson, Bengt and Hill, III, W. T. and Wang, Jyhpyng and Chen, Shih-Hung},

  abstractNote = {We present a theoretical and numerical study of a novel acceleration scheme by applying a combination of laser radiation pressure and shielded Coulomb repulsion in laser acceleration of protons in multi-species gaseous targets. By using a circularly polarized CO2 laser pulse with a wavelength of 10 μm—much greater than that of a Ti: Sapphire laser—the critical density is significantly reduced, and a high-pressure gaseous target can be used to achieve an overdense plasma. This gives us a larger degree of freedom in selecting the target compounds or mixtures, as well as their density and thickness profiles. By impinging such a laser beam on a carbon–hydrogen target, the gaseous target is first compressed and accelerated by radiation pressure until the electron layer disrupts, after which the protons are further accelerated by the electron-shielded carbon ion layer. An 80 MeV quasi-monoenergetic proton beam can be generated using a half-sine shaped laser beam with a peak power of 70 TW and a pulse duration of 150 wave periods.},

  doi          = {10.1088/1367-2630/17/2/023018},

  journal      = {New Journal of Physics},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 17,

  place        = {United Kingdom},

  year         = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2015},

  month        = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2015}

}

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