New method to measure the rise time of a fast pulse slicer for laser ion acceleration research

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 4, 2008, Pages 1872-1877

  Mori, Michiaki ^a   Yogo, Akifumi ^a   Kiriyama, Hiromitsu ^a   Nishiuchi, Mamiko ^a   Ogura, Koichi ^a   Orimo, Satoshi ^a   Ma, Jinglong ^a   Sagisaka, Akito ^a   Kanazawa, Shuhei ^a   Kondo, Shuji ^a   Nakai, Yoshiki ^a   Akutsu, Atsushi ^a   Yamamoto, Yoichi ^a   Shimomura, Takuya ^a   Tanoue, Manabu ^a   Nakamura, Shu ^b   Shirai, Toshiyuki ^b   Iwashita, Yoshihisa ^b   Noda, Akira ^b   Oishi, Yuji ^c   Nayuki, Takuya ^c   Fujii, Takashi ^c   Nemoto, Koshichi ^c   Choi, Il Woo ^d   Yu, Tae Jun ^d   Ko, Do Kyeong ^d   Lee, Jongmin ^d   Daido, Hiroyuki ^a   Esirkepov, Timur ^a   Bulanov, Sergei T ^a   Bolton, Paul R ^a   Kimura, Toyoaki ^a   more..

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^d Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intense laser; Ion beam; Laser plasma interaction; Plasma accelerator; Proton accelerators

Indexed keywords

LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; CHIRPED PULSES; FAST PULSE; INTENSE LASER; ION BEAM; LASER AND PLASMA; LASER ION ACCELERATION; LASER PREPULSE; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTION; PLASMA ACCELERATOR; PROTON ACCELERATORS; RISE TIME; SPECTRAL TECHNIQUES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 50249099308     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2000886     Document Type: Article

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