Efficient acceleration of neutral atoms in laser produced plasma

Dalui, M.; Trivikram, T. M.; Colgan, James Patrick; Pasley, J.; Krishnamurthy, M.

doi:10.1038/s41598-017-04152-3

Title: Efficient acceleration of neutral atoms in laser produced plasma

Journal Article · Tue Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Scientific Reports

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04152-3 · OSTI ID:1369172

Dalui, M. ^[1]; Trivikram, T. M. ^[1];

^[2]; Pasley, J. ^[3]; Krishnamurthy, M. ^[1]

Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (India)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of York (United Kingdom)

Recent advances in high-intensity laser-produced plasmas have demonstrated their potential as compact charge particle accelerators. Unlike conventional accelerators, transient quasi-static charge separation acceleration fields in laser produced plasmas are highly localized and orders of magnitude larger. Manipulating these ion accelerators, to convert the fast ions to neutral atoms with little change in momentum, transform these to a bright source of MeV atoms. The emittance of the neutral atom beam would be similar to that expected for an ion beam. Since intense laser-produced plasmas have been demonstrated to produce high-brightness-low-emittance beams, it is possible to envisage generation of high-flux, low-emittance, high energy neutral atom beams in length scales of less than a millimeter. Here, we show a scheme where more than 80% of the fast ions are reduced to energetic neutral atoms and demonstrate the feasibility of a high energy neutral atom accelerator that could significantly impact applications in neutral atom lithography and diagnostics.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1369172

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-16-28756

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 7; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (47)

A review of external microbeams for ion beam analyses Giuntini, L. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Vol. 401, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-011-4889-3	journal	April 2011
Probing strong field ionization of solids with a Thomson parabola spectrometer Dalui, Malay; Trivikram, T. Madhu; Gopal, Ram Pramana, Vol. 82, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-013-0648-7	journal	January 2014
Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses Strickland, Donna; Mourou, Gerard Optics Communications, Vol. 56, Issue 3, p. 219-221 https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4018(85)90120-8	journal	December 1985
The new Los Alamos opacity code ATOMIC Hakel, P.; Sherrill, M. E.; Mazevet, S. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Vol. 99, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.04.007	journal	May 2006
Laser-driven acceleration of neutral particles Maher-McWilliams, C.; Douglas, P.; Barker, P. F. Nature Photonics, Vol. 6, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.87	journal	April 2012
A compact laser-driven plasma accelerator for megaelectronvolt-energy neutral atoms Rajeev, R.; Madhu Trivikram, T.; Rishad, K. P. M. Nature Physics, Vol. 9, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2526	journal	January 2013
Intense diagnostic neutral beam development for ITER Rej, D. J.; Henins, I.; Fonck, R. J. Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 63, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1143554	journal	October 1992
Self-similar expansion of finite-size non-quasi-neutral plasmas into vacuum: Relation to the problem of ion acceleration Murakami, M.; Basko, M. M. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 13, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2162527	journal	January 2006
Integral and differential cross sections for electron impact ionization Clark, R. E. H.; Abdallah, J. , Jr.; Mann, J. B. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 381 https://doi.org/10.1086/170685	journal	November 1991
Neutral particle lithography: a simple solution to charge-related artefacts in ion beam proximity printing Wolfe, J. C.; Craver, B. P. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 41, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/41/2/024007	journal	January 2008
Conversion of a beam of negative hydrogen ions to atomic hydrogen in a plasma target at energies between 0.5 and 1 MeV Dimov, G. I.; Roslyakov, G. V. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 15, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/15/3/021	journal	June 1975
Efficient laser production of energetic neutral beams Mollica, F.; Antonelli, L.; Flacco, A. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 58, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/58/3/034016	journal	February 2016
Doppler Spectrometry for Ultrafast Temporal Mapping of Density Dynamics in Laser-Induced Plasmas Mondal, S.; Lad, Amit D.; Ahmed, Saima Physical Review Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.105.105002	journal	August 2010
Focusing Dynamics of High-Energy Density, Laser-Driven Ion Beams Chen, S. N.; d’Humières, E.; Lefebvre, E. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.108.055001	journal	January 2012
Forward Ion Acceleration in Thin Films Driven by a High-Intensity Laser Maksimchuk, A.; Gu, S.; Flippo, K. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 84, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.84.4108	journal	May 2000
Measurements of Energetic Proton Transport through Magnetized Plasma from Intense Laser Interactions with Solids Clark, E. L.; Krushelnick, K.; Davies, J. R. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 84, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.84.670	journal	January 2000
Plasma Expansion into a Vacuum Mora, P. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 90, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.90.185002	journal	May 2003
A review of external microbeams for ion beam analyses Giuntini, L. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Vol. 401, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-011-4889-3	journal	April 2011
Probing strong field ionization of solids with a Thomson parabola spectrometer Dalui, Malay; Trivikram, T. Madhu; Gopal, Ram Pramana, Vol. 82, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-013-0648-7	journal	January 2014
Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses Strickland, Donna; Mourou, Gerard Optics Communications, Vol. 56, Issue 3, p. 219-221 https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4018(85)90120-8	journal	December 1985
The new Los Alamos opacity code ATOMIC Hakel, P.; Sherrill, M. E.; Mazevet, S. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Vol. 99, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.04.007	journal	May 2006
Acceleration of neutral atoms in strong short-pulse laser fields Eichmann, U.; Nubbemeyer, T.; Rottke, H. Nature, Vol. 461, Issue 7268 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08481	journal	October 2009
Laser-driven acceleration of neutral particles Maher-McWilliams, C.; Douglas, P.; Barker, P. F. Nature Photonics, Vol. 6, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.87	journal	April 2012
A compact laser-driven plasma accelerator for megaelectronvolt-energy neutral atoms Rajeev, R.; Madhu Trivikram, T.; Rishad, K. P. M. Nature Physics, Vol. 9, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2526	journal	January 2013
Intense diagnostic neutral beam development for ITER Rej, D. J.; Henins, I.; Fonck, R. J. Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 63, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1143554	journal	October 1992
Energetic neutral atom imaging of space plasmas Gruntman, Mike Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 68, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1148389	journal	October 1997
Energetic proton generation in ultra-intense laser–solid interactions Wilks, S. C.; Langdon, A. B.; Cowan, T. E. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 8, Issue 2, p. 542-549 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1333697	journal	February 2001
Los Alamos Opacities: Transition from LEDCOP to ATOMIC Magee, N. H. ATOMIC PROCESSES IN PLASMAS: 14th APS Topical Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, AIP Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1824868	conference	January 2004
Self-similar expansion of finite-size non-quasi-neutral plasmas into vacuum: Relation to the problem of ion acceleration Murakami, M.; Basko, M. M. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 13, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2162527	journal	January 2006
Enhancement of ion generation in femtosecond ultraintense laser-foil interactions by defocusing Xu, M. H.; Li, Y. T.; Carroll, D. C. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 100, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3688027	journal	February 2012
Fast ions and hot electrons in the laser–plasma interaction Gitomer, S. J.; Jones, R. D.; Begay, F. Physics of Fluids, Vol. 29, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.865510	journal	January 1986
Electron, photon, and ion beams from the relativistic interaction of Petawatt laser pulses with solid targets Hatchett, Stephen P.; Brown, Curtis G.; Cowan, Thomas E. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 7, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.874030	journal	May 2000
Integral and differential cross sections for electron impact ionization Clark, R. E. H.; Abdallah, J. , Jr.; Mann, J. B. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 381 https://doi.org/10.1086/170685	journal	November 1991
Neutral particle lithography: a simple solution to charge-related artefacts in ion beam proximity printing Wolfe, J. C.; Craver, B. P. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 41, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/41/2/024007	journal	January 2008
Conversion of a beam of negative hydrogen ions to atomic hydrogen in a plasma target at energies between 0.5 and 1 MeV Dimov, G. I.; Roslyakov, G. V. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 15, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/15/3/021	journal	June 1975
Efficient laser production of energetic neutral beams Mollica, F.; Antonelli, L.; Flacco, A. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 58, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/58/3/034016	journal	February 2016
The Los Alamos suite of relativistic atomic physics codes Fontes, C. J.; Zhang, H. L.; Jr, J. Abdallah Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Vol. 48, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/48/14/144014	journal	May 2015
Doppler Spectrometry for Ultrafast Temporal Mapping of Density Dynamics in Laser-Induced Plasmas Mondal, S.; Lad, Amit D.; Ahmed, Saima Physical Review Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.105002	journal	August 2010
Ballistic Focusing of Polyenergetic Protons Driven by Petawatt Laser Pulses Kar, S.; Markey, K.; Borghesi, M. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 106, Issue 22 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.225003	journal	June 2011
Focusing Dynamics of High-Energy Density, Laser-Driven Ion Beams Chen, S. N.; d’Humières, E.; Lefebvre, E. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.055001	journal	January 2012
Forward Ion Acceleration in Thin Films Driven by a High-Intensity Laser Maksimchuk, A.; Gu, S.; Flippo, K. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 84, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4108	journal	May 2000
Measurements of Energetic Proton Transport through Magnetized Plasma from Intense Laser Interactions with Solids Clark, E. L.; Krushelnick, K.; Davies, J. R. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 84, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.670	journal	January 2000
Intense High-Energy Proton Beams from Petawatt-Laser Irradiation of Solids Snavely, R. A.; Key, M. H.; Hatchett, S. P. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 85, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2945	journal	October 2000
Plasma Expansion into a Vacuum Mora, P. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 90, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.185002	journal	May 2003
Ultralow Emittance, Multi-MeV Proton Beams from a Laser Virtual-Cathode Plasma Accelerator Cowan, T. E.; Fuchs, J.; Ruhl, H. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 92, Issue 20 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.204801	journal	May 2004
Short Pulse Laser Interactions with Matter: An Introduction Gibbon, Paul https://doi.org/10.1142/p116	book	September 2005
The Theory of Atomic Structure and Spectra Cowan, Robert D. Los Alamos Series in Basic and Applied Sciences, Vol. 3 https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520906150	book	December 1981

Cited By (1)

Controlling the electronic properties of 2D/3D pillared graphene and glass-like carbon via metal atom doping Slepchenkov, Michael M.; Shmygin, Dmitry S.; Zhang, Gang Nanoscale, Vol. 11, Issue 35 https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nr05185f	journal	January 2019

Similar Records

Energetic beams of negative and neutral hydrogen from intense laser plasma interaction

Journal Article · Sun Dec 15 23:00:00 EST 2013 · Applied Physics Letters · OSTI ID:22217768

Abicht, F.; Priebe, G.; Braenzel, J.; +9 more

Acceleration of neutrals in a nanosecond laser produced nickel plasma

Journal Article · Sun Dec 14 23:00:00 EST 2014 · Physics of Plasmas · OSTI ID:22407952

Smijesh, N.; Chandrasekharan, K.; Philip, Reji

Study of transport of the electron beam produced by a pseudospark

Conference · Fri Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1994 · OSTI ID:42956

Liu, C J; Rhee, M J

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY

Title: Efficient acceleration of neutral atoms in laser produced plasma

Citation Formats

References (47)

Cited By (1)

Similar Records

Related Subjects