Dependence on laser intensity and pulse duration in proton acceleration by irradiation of ultrashort laser pulses on a Cu foil target

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Oishi, Y ^a   Nayuki, T ^a   Fujii, T ^a   Takizawa, Y ^a   Wang, X ^a   Yamazaki, T ^a   Nemoto, K ^a   Kayoiji, T ^b   Sekiya, T ^b   Horioka, K ^b   Okano, Y ^b   Hironaka, Y ^b   Nakamura, K G ^b   Kondo, K ^b   Andreev, A A ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR LASER PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS; PROTONS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

LASER INTENSITY; PLASMA EXPANDING MODEL; PULSE DURATION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 24344442900     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1943436     Document Type: Article

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