Energetic proton generation in a thin plastic foil irradiated by intense femtosecond lasers

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-5

  Okihara, Shinichiro ^a   Sentoku, Yasuhiko ^a   Sueda, Keiichi ^a   Shimizu, Seiji ^a   Sato, Fuminobu ^a   Miyanaga, Noriaki ^a   Mima, Kunioki ^a   Izawa, Yasukazu ^a   Iida, Toshiyuki ^a   Sakabe, Syuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intense femtosecond lasers; Irradiation; Plastic foil; Protons; Radiation effects; Relativistic plasmas

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PROTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

ENERGETIC PROTON GENERATION; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; THIN PLASTIC FOILS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0036196472     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2002.9715150     Document Type: Article

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