Enhanced proton beams from ultrathin targets driven by high contrast laser pulses

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Neely, D ^a   Foster, P ^a   Robinson, A ^a   Lindau, F ^b   Lundh, O ^b   Persson, A ^b   Wahlstrom C G ^b   McKenna, P ^c  

^a Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; LASER PULSES; PROTONS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TARGETS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MULTITERAWATT LASERS; PROTON TEMPERATURE;

PROTON BEAMS;

EID: 33746095791     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2220011     Document Type: Article

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