Laser-driven ion accelerators: Spectral control, monoenergetic ions and new acceleration mechanisms

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-8

  Flippo, K ^a   Hegelich, B M ^a   Albright, B J ^a   Yin, L ^a   Gautier, D C ^a   Letzring, S ^a   Schollmeier, M ^b   Schreiber, J ^c   Schulze, R ^a   Fernandez J C ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Break out afterburner; Enhanced TNSA; Fast ignition fusion; Femtosecond lasers; Laser ion acceleration; Laser plasma interactions; Monoenergetic ion beam; Short pulse lasers; Target normal sheath acceleration

Indexed keywords

BREAK OUT AFTERBURNERS; ENHANCED TNSA; FAST IGNITION FUSION; LASER ION ACCELERATION; LASER PLASMA INTERACTIONS; MONOENERGETIC ION BEAMS; SHORT PULSE LASERS; TARGET NORMAL SHEATH ACCELERATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ION BEAMS;

EID: 33947375638     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034607070012     Document Type: Article

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