Laser triggered micro-lens for focusing and energy selection of MeV protons

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-77

  Willi, O ^a   Toncian, T ^a   Borghesi, M ^b   Fuchs, J ^c   D'Humieres E ^c,d   Antici, P ^c   Audebert, P ^c   Brambrink, E ^c   Cecchetti, C ^b   Pipahl, A ^a   Romagnani, L ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Laser triggered ion micro lens; Proton focusing; Quasi mono energetic proton beam

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

HOT PLASMA EXPANSION; LASER TRIGGERED ION MICRO LENS; PROTON FOCUSING; QUASI MONO ENERGETIC PROTON BEAMS;

ION BEAMS;

EID: 33947378785     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034607070115     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. BORGHESI, M., AUDEBERT, P., BULANOV, S.V., COWAN, T., FUCHS, J., GAUTHIER, J.C., MACKINNON, A.J., PATEL, P.K., PRETZLER, G., ROMAGNANI, L., SCHIAVI, A., TONCIAN, T. & WILLI, O. (2005). High-intensity laser-plasma interaction studies employing laser-driven proton probes. Laser Part. Beams 23, 291-295.
2. BORGHESI, M., BULANOV, S., CAMPBELL, D.H., CLARKE, R.J., ESIRKEPOV, T.Z., GALIMBERTI, M., GIZZI, L.A., MACKINNON, A.J., NAUMOVA, N.M., PEGORARO, F., RUHL, H., SCHIAVI, A. & WILLI, O. (2002). Macroscopic evidence of soliton formation in multiterawatt laser-plasma interaction. Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 135002/1-4.
3. BORGHESI, M., MACKINNON, A.J., CAMPBELL, D.H., HICKS, D.G., KAR, S., PATEL, P.K., PRICE, D., ROMAGNANI, L., SCHIAVI, A. & WILLI, O. (2004). Multi-MeV proton source investigations in ultra intense laser-foil interactions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 055003/1-4.
4. BORGHESI, M., SCHIAVI, A., CAMPBELL, D.H., HAINES, M.G., WILLI, O., MACKINNON, A.J., PATEL, P., GALIMBERTI, M. & GIZZI, L.A. (2003). Proton imaging detection of transient electromagnetic fields in laser-plasma interactions (invited). Revi. Sci. Instr. 74, 1688-1693.
5. BULANOV, S.V., ESIRKEPOV, T.Z., KHOROSHKOV, V.S., KUNETSOV, A.V. & PEGORARO, F. (2002). Oncological hydrotherapy with laser ion accelerators. Phys. Lett. A 299, 240-247.
6. CLARK, E.L., KRUSHELNICK, K., DAVIES, J.R., ZEPF, M., TATARAKIS, M., BEG, F.N., MACHACEK, A., NORREYS, P.A., SANTALA, M.I.K., WATTS, I. & DANGOR, A.E. (2000). Measurements of energetic proton transport through magnetized plasma from intense laser interactions with solids. Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 670-673.
7. GORDIENKO, S., BAEVA, T. & PUKHOV, A. (2006). Focusing of laser-generated ion beams by a plasma cylinder: Similarity theory and the thick lens formula. Phys. Plasmas 13, 063103/1-6.
8. HEGELICH, B.M., ALBRIGHT, B.J., COBBLE, J., FLIPPO, K., LETZRING, S., PAFFETT, M., RUHL, H., SCHREIBER, J., SCHULZE, R.K. & FERNANDEZ, J.C. (2006). Laser acceleration of quasi-monoenergetic MeV ion beams. Nature 439, 441-444.
9. LEFEBVRE, E., COCHET, N., FRITZLER, S., MALKA, V., ALEONARD, M.M., CHEMIN, J.F., DARBON, S., DISDIER, L., FAURE, J., FEDOTOFF, A., LANDOAS, O., MALKA, G., MEOT, V., MOREL, P., LE GLOAHEC, M.R., ROUYER, A., RUBBELYNCK, C., TIKHONCHUK, V., WROBEL, R., ANDEBERT, P. & ROUSSEAUX, C. (2003). Electron and photon production from relativistic laser-plasma interactions. Nucl. Fusion 43, 629-633.
10. MACKINNON, A.J., PATEL, P.K., TOWN, R.P., EDWARDS, M.J., PHILLIPS, T., LERNER, S.C., PRICE, D.W., HICKS, D., KEY, M.H., HATCHETT, S., WILKS, S.C., BORGHESI, M., ROMAGNANI, L., KAR, S., TONCIAN, T., PRETZLER, G., WILLI, O., KOENIG, M., MARTINOLLI, E., LEPAPE, S., BENUZZI-MOUNAIX, A., AUDEBERT, P., GAUTHIER, J.C., KING, J., SNAVELY, R., FREE-MAN, R.R. & BOEHLLY, T. (2004). Proton radiography as an electromagnetic field and density perturbation diagnostic. Rev. Sci. Instr. 75, 3531-3536.
11. MORA, P. (2003). Plasma expansion into a vacuum. Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 185002/1-4.
12. PATEL, P.K., MACKINNON, A.J., KEY, M.H., COWAN, T.E., FOORD, M.E., ALLEN, M., PRICE, D.F., RUHL, H., SPRINGER, P.T. & STEPHENS, R. (2003). Isochoric heating of solid-density matter with an ultrafast proton beam. Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 125004/1-4.
13. ROMAGNANI, L., FUCHS, J., BORGHESI, M., ANTICI, P., AUDEBERT, P., CECCHERINI, F., COWAN, T., GRISMAYER, T., KAR, S., MACCHI, A., MORA, P., PRETZLER, G., SCHIAVI, A., TONCIAN, T. & WILLI, O. (2005). Dynamics of electric fields driving the laser acceleration of multi-MeV protons. Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 195001/1-4.
14. ROTH, M., COWAN, T.E., KEY, M.H., HATCHETT, S.P., BROWN, C., FOUNTAIN, W., JOHNSON, J., PENNINGTON, D.M., SNAVELY, R.A., WILKS, S.C., YASUIKE, K., RUHL, H., PEGORARO, F., BULANOV, S.V., CAMPBELL, E.M., PERRY, M.D. & POWELL, H. (2001). Fast ignition by intense laser-accelerated proton beams. Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 436-439.
15. SCHWOERER, H., PFOTENHAUER, S., JACKEL, O., AMTHOR, K.U., LIESFELD, B., ZIEGLER, W., SAUERBREY, R., LEDINGHAM, K.W.D. & ESIRKEPOV, T. (2006). Laser-plasma acceleration of quasi-monoenergetic protons from microstructured targets. Nature 439, 445-448.
16. SNAVELY, R.A., KEY, M.H., HATCHETT, S.P., COWAN, T.E., ROTH, M., PHILLIPS, T.W., STOYER, M.A., HENRY, E.A., SANGSTER, T.C., SINGH, M.S., WILKS, S.C., MACKINNON, A., OFFENBERGER, A., PENNINGTON, D.M., YASUIKE, K., LANGDON, A.B., LASINSKI, B.F., JOHNSON, J., PERRY, M.D. & CAMPBELL, E.M. (2000). Intense high-energy proton beams from petawattlaser irradiation of solids. Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2945-2948.
17. SPENCER, I., LEDINGHAM, K.W.D., SINGHAL, R.P., MCCANNY, T., MCKENNA, P., CLARK, E.L., KRUSHELNICK, K., ZEPF, M., BEG, F.N., TATARAKIS, M., DANGOR, A.E., NORREYS, P.A., CLARKE, R.J., ALLOTT, R.M. & ROSS, I.N. (2001). Laser generation of proton beams for the production of short-lived positron emitting radioisotopes. Nucl. Inst. Meth. Phys. Res. B 183, 449-458.
18. TONCIAN, T., BORGHESI, M., FUCHS, J., D'HUMIERES, E., ANTICI, P., AUDEBERT, P., BRAMBRINK, E., CECCHETTI, C.A., PIPAHL, A., ROMAGNANI, L. & WILLI, O. (2006). Ultrafast laser-driven micro lens to focus and energy-select mega-electron volt protons. Science 312, 410-413.
19. WATTELLIER, B., FUCHS, J., ZOU, J.P., ABDELI, K., PEPIN, H. & HAEFNER, C. (2004). Repetition rate increase and diffraction-limited focal spots for a nonthermal-equilibrium 100-TW Nd : glass laser chain by use of adaptive optics. Opt. Lett. 29, 2494-2496.
20. WILKS, S.C., LANGDON, A.B., COWAN, T.E., ROTH, M., SINGH, M., HATCHETT, S., KEY, M.H., PENNINGTON, D., MACKINNON, A. & SNAVELY, R.A. (2001). Energetic proton generation in ultra-intense laser-solid interactions. Phys. Plasmas 8, 542-549.
21. WILLI, O., TONCIAN, T., BORGHESI, M. & FUCHS, J. (2005). Laserbestrahlter Hohlzylinder als Linse für Ionenstrahlen. Deutsche Patentanmeldung 10 2005 012 059.8 PILZ.
22. YIN, L., ALBRIGHT, B.J, HEGELICH, B.M. & FERNANDEZ., J.C. (2006). GeV laser ion acceleration from ultrathin targets: The laser break-out afterburner. Laser Part. Beams 24, 291-298.