Acceleration of high charge ion beams with achromatic divergence by petawatt laser pulses

Steinke, S.; Bin, J. H.; Park, J.; Ji, Q.; Nakamura, K.; Gonsalves, A. J.; Bulanov, S. S.; Thévenet, M.; Toth, C.; Vay, J. -L.; Schroeder, C. B.; Geddes, C. G. R.; Esarey, E.; Schenkel, T.; Leemans, W. P.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.021302

Title: Acceleration of high charge ion beams with achromatic divergence by petawatt laser pulses

Abstract

We present a study of laser-ion acceleration, where an increased laser spot size leads to sheath field geometries that accelerate ion beams of narrow and achromatic divergence at unprecedented charge densities, resulting from the high aspect ratio of the laser spot size to the acceleration distance. Matching the laser pulse length to the transverse laser spot size mitigated laser sweeping across the target front side and optimized the acceleration, with maximum energies deviating significantly from a linear intensity scaling.

Authors:: Steinke, S.; Bin, J. H.; Park, J.; Ji, Q.; Nakamura, K.; Gonsalves, A. J.; Bulanov, S. S.; Thévenet, M.; Toth, C.; Vay, J. -L.; Schroeder, C. B.; Geddes, C. G. R.; Esarey, E.; Schenkel, T.; Leemans, W. P.

Publication Date:: 2020-02-19

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

Sponsoring Org.:: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1601058

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1619161

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams Journal Volume: 23 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9888

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; high-energy-density plasmas; laboratory studies of space & astrophysical plasmas; laser driver ion acceleration; laser-plasma interactions; particle acceleration in plasmas; target normal sheath acceleration

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                    Steinke, S., Bin, J. H., Park, J., Ji, Q., Nakamura, K., Gonsalves, A. J., Bulanov, S. S., Thévenet, M., Toth, C., Vay, J. -L., Schroeder, C. B., Geddes, C. G. R., Esarey, E., Schenkel, T., and Leemans, W. P. Acceleration of high charge ion beams with achromatic divergence by petawatt laser pulses.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Steinke, S., Bin, J. H., Park, J., Ji, Q., Nakamura, K., Gonsalves, A. J., Bulanov, S. S., Thévenet, M., Toth, C., Vay, J. -L., Schroeder, C. B., Geddes, C. G. R., Esarey, E., Schenkel, T., & Leemans, W. P. Acceleration of high charge ion beams with achromatic divergence by petawatt laser pulses.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.021302

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                    Steinke, S., Bin, J. H., Park, J., Ji, Q., Nakamura, K., Gonsalves, A. J., Bulanov, S. S., Thévenet, M., Toth, C., Vay, J. -L., Schroeder, C. B., Geddes, C. G. R., Esarey, E., Schenkel, T., and Leemans, W. P. Wed .  
"Acceleration of high charge ion beams with achromatic divergence by petawatt laser pulses".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.021302.

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@article{osti_1601058,

  title        = {Acceleration of high charge ion beams with achromatic divergence by petawatt laser pulses},

  author       = {Steinke, S. and Bin, J. H. and Park, J. and Ji, Q. and Nakamura, K. and Gonsalves, A. J. and Bulanov, S. S. and Thévenet, M. and Toth, C. and Vay, J. -L. and Schroeder, C. B. and Geddes, C. G. R. and Esarey, E. and Schenkel, T. and Leemans, W. P.},

  abstractNote = {We present a study of laser-ion acceleration, where an increased laser spot size leads to sheath field geometries that accelerate ion beams of narrow and achromatic divergence at unprecedented charge densities, resulting from the high aspect ratio of the laser spot size to the acceleration distance. Matching the laser pulse length to the transverse laser spot size mitigated laser sweeping across the target front side and optimized the acceleration, with maximum energies deviating significantly from a linear intensity scaling.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.021302},

  journal      = {Physical Review Accelerators and Beams},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 23,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2020},

  month        = {2}

}

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FIG. 1: Measured maximum ion energies for proton (blue) and carbon (C⁴⁺) ions (red) in MeV as a function of Ti-target thickness (a) and relative focus-target distance (b) adjusted with the deformable mirror for the 10 μm target. The vertical error bars represent the standard deviation from shot-to-shot variation overmore »

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