Production of short-lived positron-emitting radioactive nuclei using a 2.4 TW, 50 fs tabletop laser

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 12-15, 2005, Pages

  Takahashi, Hironori ^a,b   Okihara, Shin Ichiro ^a   Fujimoto, Masatoshi ^a,b   Ohsuka, Shinji ^a,b   Matsukado, Koji ^a   Okazaki, Shigetoshi ^b   Ito, Toshiaki ^b   Aoshima, Shin Ichiro ^a,b   Tsuchiya, Yutaka ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deuterated polystyrene; Energetic deuteron generation; Femtosecond laser pulse; Melamine resin; Microporous polytetrafluoroethylene film; Nuclear reaction; Positron emitting radioisotope; Relativistic laser plasma; Terawatt laser

Indexed keywords

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MELAMINE; MICROMETERS; NITROGEN; POLYSTYRENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; POSITRONS; RESINS; THIN FILMS;

DEUTERATED POLYSTYRENE; ENERGETIC DEUTERON GENERATION; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; MELAMINE RESIN; MICROPOROUS POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE FILMS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; POSITRON-EMITTING RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVISTIC LASER PLASMA; TERAWATT LASERS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 20444452576     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.44.L425     Document Type: Article

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