Ion acceleration by superintense laser-plasma interaction
Ion acceleration driven by superintense laser pulses is attracting an impressive and steadily
increasing effort. Motivations can be found in the applicative potential and in the perspective …
increasing effort. Motivations can be found in the applicative potential and in the perspective …
Review of laser-driven ion sources and their applications
H Daido, M Nishiuchi… - Reports on progress in …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
For many years, laser-driven ion acceleration, mainly proton acceleration, has been
proposed and a number of proof-of-principle experiments have been carried out with lasers …
proposed and a number of proof-of-principle experiments have been carried out with lasers …
Particle acceleration in relativistic laser channels
Energy spectra of ions and fast electrons accelerated by a channeling laser pulse in near-
critical plasma are studied using three-dimensional (3D) Particle-In-Cell simulations. The …
critical plasma are studied using three-dimensional (3D) Particle-In-Cell simulations. The …
Forward ion acceleration in thin films driven by a high-intensity laser
A collimated beam of fast protons, with energies as high as 1.5 MeV and total number of≳ 10
9, confined in a cone angle of 40±10 is observed when a high-intensity high-contrast …
9, confined in a cone angle of 40±10 is observed when a high-intensity high-contrast …
Measurements of energetic proton transport through magnetized plasma from intense laser interactions with solids
Protons with energies up to 18 MeV have been measured from high density laser-plasma
interactions at incident laser intensities of 5× 10 19 W/cm 2. Up to 10 12 protons with …
interactions at incident laser intensities of 5× 10 19 W/cm 2. Up to 10 12 protons with …
Fast ion generation by high-intensity laser irradiation of solid targets and applications
The acceleration of high-energy ion beams (up to several tens of mega-electron-volts per
nucleon) following the interaction of short (t< 1 ps) and intense (I λ 2> 1018 W˙ cm-2˙ μm-2) …
nucleon) following the interaction of short (t< 1 ps) and intense (I λ 2> 1018 W˙ cm-2˙ μm-2) …
Fast heating scalable to laser fusion ignition
Rapid heating of a compressed fusion fuel by a short-duration laser pulse is a promising
route to generating energy by nuclear fusion, and has been demonstrated on an …
route to generating energy by nuclear fusion, and has been demonstrated on an …
Relativistic high-power laser–matter interactions
Recent advances in laser technology have pushed the frontier of maximum intensity
achieved to about 1022W/cm2 and investigators currently believe even higher intensities …
achieved to about 1022W/cm2 and investigators currently believe even higher intensities …
Strong field interaction of laser radiation
A Pukhov - Reports on progress in Physics, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
The Review covers recent progress in laser-matter interaction at intensities above 10 18 W
cm− 2. At these intensities electrons swing in the laser pulse with relativistic energies. The …
cm− 2. At these intensities electrons swing in the laser pulse with relativistic energies. The …
High energy proton acceleration in interaction of short laser pulse with dense plasma target
The generation of high energy protons from the interaction of a short laser pulse with a
dense plasma, accompanied by a preformed low density plasma, has been studied by …
dense plasma, accompanied by a preformed low density plasma, has been studied by …