The range of potential applications of compact laser-plasma ion sources motivates the
development of new acceleration schemes to increase achievable ion energies and …

Laser-driven ion sources are a rapidly developing technology producing high energy, high
peak current beams. Their suitability for applications, such as compact medical accelerators …

We present an experimental study investigating laser-driven proton acceleration via target
normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) over a target thickness range spanning the typical TNSA …

We report on the selective acceleration of carbon ions during the interaction of ultrashort,
circularly polarized and contrast-enhanced laser pulses, at a peak intensity of 5.5× 10 20 …

The interaction of relativistically intense lasers with opaque targets represents a highly non-
linear, multi-dimensional parameter space. This limits the utility of sequential 1D scanning of …

Interaction of intense lasers with nm thick targets provides an attractive regime for the
acceleration of ions of all types. Acceleration of heavy ions however is undermined in the …

Ongoing developments in laser-driven ion acceleration warrant appropriate modifications to
the standard Thomson Parabola Spectrometer (TPS) arrangement in order to match the …

Laser-driven proton acceleration from ultrathin foils in the relativistic transparency regime is
investigated using 2D and 3D particle-in-cell simulations. The optimisation of the maximum …

A high repetition rate scintillator-based transverse beam profile diagnostic for laser-plasma
accelerated proton beams has been designed and commissioned. The proton beam profiler …

High power laser systems are an attractive driver for compact energetic ion sources. We
demonstrate repetitive acceleration at 0.1 Hz of proton beams up to 40 MeV from a reeled …