Generation of Ultraintense Proton Beams Driven by a Short-Pulse Multi-TW Laser

Authors

  • J. Badziak Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion
  • S. Jabłoński Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion
  • P. Parys Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion
  • M. Rosiński Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion
  • J. Wołowski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion
  • A. Szydłowski Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Świerk
  • P. Antici 3LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, UPMC
  • J. Fuchs 3LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, UPMC
  • A. Mancic 3LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, UPMC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v1i1.15

Abstract

The results of experimental studies of high-intensity proton beam generation at the interaction of a 350 fs laser pulse of 1.06um or 0.53um wavelength and intensity up to 2×1019Wcm-2 with a thin (0.6-3um) solid target are reported. It is shown that collimated MeV proton beams of intensity ~ 1018Wcm-2 and current density ~ 1012Acm-2 at the source can be produced when the laser-target interaction conditions approach the skin-layer ponderomotive acceleration requirements and the laser intensity-wavelength product is above 109Wcm-2um2. The effect of laser intensity, the target structure and the laser wavelength on the proton beam intensity and the laser-protons energy conversion efficiency are demonstrated.

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2009-03-28

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J. Badziak, “Generation of Ultraintense Proton Beams Driven by a Short-Pulse Multi-TW Laser”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 1, no. 1, pp. pp. 22–24, Mar. 2009.

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