Mono-Energetic Proton Beam Acceleration in Laser Foil-Plasma Interactions
YAN Xue-Qing1,5, LIU Bi-Cheng3,1,4, HE Zhao-Han1, SHENG Zheng-Ming2,3, GUO Zhi-Yu1, LU Yuan-Rong1, FANG Jia-Xun1, CHEN Jia-Erh1
1State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, Peking University, Beijing 1008712Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1001903Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 2002404Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1000805Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871
Mono-Energetic Proton Beam Acceleration in Laser Foil-Plasma Interactions
YAN Xue-Qing1,5, LIU Bi-Cheng3,1,4, HE Zhao-Han1, SHENG Zheng-Ming2,3, GUO Zhi-Yu1, LU Yuan-Rong1, FANG Jia-Xun1, CHEN Jia-Erh1
1State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, Peking University, Beijing 1008712Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1001903Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 2002404Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1000805Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871
Acceleration of ions from ultrathin foils irradiated by intense circularly polarized laser pulses is investigated using a one-dimensional particle-in-cell code. As a circularly polarized laser wave heats the electrons much less efficiently than the wave of linear polarization, the ion can be synchronously accelerated and bunched by the electrostatic field, thus a monoenergetic and high intensity proton beam can be generated.
Acceleration of ions from ultrathin foils irradiated by intense circularly polarized laser pulses is investigated using a one-dimensional particle-in-cell code. As a circularly polarized laser wave heats the electrons much less efficiently than the wave of linear polarization, the ion can be synchronously accelerated and bunched by the electrostatic field, thus a monoenergetic and high intensity proton beam can be generated.
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