Characteristics of ion beams generated in the interaction of ultra-short laser pulses with ultra-thin foils
Anno: 2020
Autori: McIlvenny A., Ahmed H., Scullion C., Doria D., Romagnani L., Martin P., Naughton K., Sgattoni A., Symes D. R., Macchi A., McKenna P., Zepf M., Kar S., and Borghesi M.
Affiliazione autori: 1) Centre for Plasma Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, University Road BT71NN, United Kingdom
2) Extreme Light Infrastructure—Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei Institute for Nuclear Physics (IFIN-HH), Romania
3) LULI, École Polytechnique, CNRS, Route de Saclay, F-91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
4) CNR/INO (National Institute of Optics), Adriano Gozzini unit, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
5) Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
6) Enrico Fermi Department of Physics, University of Pisa, largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
7) SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
8) Helmholtz Institute Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany
Abstract: Experiments investigating ion acceleration from laser-irradiated ultra-thin foils on the GEMINI laser facility at the Rutherford appleton laboratory indicate a transition to ‘light sail’ radiation pressure acceleration when using circularly polarised, high contrast laser pulses. This paper complements previously published results with additional data and modelling which provide information on the multispecies dynamics taking place during the acceleration, and provides an indication on expected scaling of these processes at higher laser intensities.
Giornale/Rivista: PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION
Volume: 62 Da Pagina: 054001-1 A: 054001-8
Parole chiavi: laser-plasma interactions, radiation pressure, ion accelerationDOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ab7d26