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Enhanced Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration in the Relativistic Transparency Regime
- Source :
- Henig, A, Kiefer, D, Markey, K, Gautier, D C, Flippo, K A, Letzring, S, Johnson, R P, Shimada, T, Yin, L, Albright, B J, Bowers, K J, Fernandez, J C, Rykovanov, S G, Wu, H-C, Zepf, M, Jung, D, Liechtenstein, V K, Schreiber, J, Habs, D & Hegelich, B M 2009, ' Enhanced Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration in the Relativistic Transparency Regime ' Physical Review Letters, vol. 103, no. 4, 045002, pp.-. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.045002
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- American Physical Society (APS), 2009.
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Abstract
- We report on the acceleration of ion beams from ultrathin diamondlike carbon foils of thickness 50, 30, and 10 nm irradiated by ultrahigh contrast laser pulses at intensities of $\ensuremath{\sim}7\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{19}\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{W}/{\mathrm{cm}}^{2}$. An unprecedented maximum energy of 185 MeV ($15\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/\mathrm{u}$) for fully ionized carbon atoms is observed at the optimum thickness of 30 nm. The enhanced acceleration is attributed to self-induced transparency, leading to strong volumetric heating of the classically overdense electron population in the bulk of the target. Our experimental results are supported by both particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations and an analytical model.
Details
- ISSN :
- 10797114 and 00319007
- Volume :
- 103
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3aee828a8749cd3de7a278f04d400200