• DocumentCode
    2785237
  • Title

    Proton acceleration from thin foils using ultraintense, high-contrast pulses

  • Author

    Reed, S.A. ; Matsuoka, T. ; Bulanov, S.S. ; Chvykov, V. ; Brantov, A. ; Bychenkov, V.Yu. ; Kalinchenko, G. ; Rousseau, P. ; Yanovsky, V. ; Litzenberg, D.W. ; Krushelnick, K. ; Maksimchuk, A.

  • Author_Institution
    FOCUS Center and Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Proton production from ultrathin foils using 3×1020 W/cm2 and 10¿11 ASE contrast is explored. Maximum proton energy and laser transmittance for ultrathin foils are studied to achieve ion acceleration within the Directed Coulomb Explosion regime.
  • Keywords
    Acceleration; Explosions; Foot; Hydrogen; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Particle beams; Protons; Silicon; X-ray lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431189
  • Filename
    4431189