Radiation pressure-assisted acceleration of ions using multi-component foils in high-intensity laser–matter interactions
oleh: B Aurand, S Kuschel, O Jäckel, C Rödel, H Y Zhao, S Herzer, A E Paz, J Bierbach, J Polz, B Elkin, G G Paulus, A Karmakar, P Gibbon, T Kuehl, M C Kaluza
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| Diterbitkan: | IOP Publishing 2013-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Experimental results on the acceleration of protons and carbon ions from ultra-thin polymer foils at intensities of up to 6 × 10 ^19 W cm ^−2 are presented revealing quasi-monoenergetic spectral characteristics for different ion species at the same time. For carbon ions and protons, a linear correlation between the cutoff energy and the peak energy is observed when the laser intensity is increased. Particle-in-cell simulations supporting the experimental results imply an ion acceleration mechanism driven by the radiation pressure as predicted for multi-component foils at these intensities.