Ultrafast laser-driven microlens to focus and energy-select mega-electron volt protons

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5772, 2006, Pages 410-413

  Toncian, Toma ^a   Borghesi, Marco ^b   Fuchs, Julien ^c   D'Humières, Emmanuel ^c,d   Antici, Patrizio ^c   Audebert, Patrick ^c   Brambrink, Erik ^c   Cecchetti, Carlo Alberto ^b   Pipahl, Ariane ^a   Romagnani, Lorenzo ^b   Willi, Oswald ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; MICROLENSES;

MEGA-ELECTRON VOLT PROTONS; POLYENERGETIC PROTON BEAMS; ULTRAFAST LASER-DRIVEN MICROLENS;

PROTON BEAMS;

PROTON;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ENERGETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MICROSTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; ENERGY; LASER; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33645973668     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1124412     Document Type: Article

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