Comparative spectra and efficiencies of ions laser-accelerated forward from the front and rear surfaces of thin solid foils

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Fuchs, J ^a,b,c,h   Sentoku, Y ^a,c   D'Humieres E ^b,c   Cowan, T E ^a,c   Cobble, J ^d   Audebert, P ^b   Kemp, A ^a,c   Nikroo, A ^a   Antici, P ^b   Brambrink, E ^b,e   Blazevic, A ^e   Campbell, E M ^a   Fernandez J C ^d   Gauthier, J C ^b,i   Geissel, M ^e   Hegelich, M ^d,f   Karsch, S ^f   Popescu, H ^b   Renard Legalloudec, N ^c   Roth, M ^e   Schreiber, J ^f   Stephens, R ^a   Pepin H ^b,g   more..

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^g INRS EMT   (Canada)

^h Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; METAL FOIL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

COMPARATIVE SPECTRA; LASER INTENSITY; LASER PULSE DURATIONS; THIN SOLID FOILS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 34249883861     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2720373     Document Type: Article

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