Observation of strongly collimated proton beam from Tantalum targets irradiated with circular polarized laser pulses

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-123

  Kado, Masataka ^a   Daido, Hiroyuki ^a   Fukumi, Atsushi ^a   Zhong, L I ^a   Orimo, Satoshi ^a   Hayashi, Yukio ^a   Nishiuchi, Mamiko ^a   Sagisaka, Akito ^a   Ogura, Koichi ^a   Mori, Michiaki ^a   Nakamura, Shu ^a,b   Noda, Akira ^b   Iwashita, Yoshihisa ^b   Shirai, Toshiyuki ^b   Tongu, Hiromu ^b   Takeuchi, Takeshi ^b   Yamazaki, Atsushi ^b   Itoh, Hiroyuki ^b   Souda, Hikaru ^b   Nemoto, Koshichi ^c   Oishi, Yuji ^c   Nayuki, Takuya ^c   Kiriyama, Hiromitsu ^a   Kanazawa, Shuhei ^a   Aoyama, Makoto ^a   Akahane, Yutaka ^a   Inoue, Norihiro ^a   Tsuji, Koichi ^a   Nakai, Yoshiki ^a   Yamamoto, Yoichi ^a   Kotaki, Hideyuki ^a   Kondo, Shuji ^a   Bulanov, Sergei ^a   Esirkepov, Timur ^a   Utsumi, Takayuki ^a   Nagashima, Akira ^a   Kimura, Toyoaki ^a   Yamakawa, Koichi ^a   more..

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

CH coating; Circular polarized pulse; Collimated proton beam; High energy proton

Indexed keywords

CH COATING; CIRCULAR POLARIZED PULSES; COLLIMATED PROTON BEAMS; HIGH ENERGY PROTONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; IRRADIATION; PHOTODIODES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; TANTALUM; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PROTON BEAMS;

EID: 33644916370     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034606060186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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