Generation of MeV-range protons from 30-100 nm solid targets by ultra-high-contrast laser pulses

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 4, 2008, Pages 1817-1820

  Antici, Patrizio ^a,b,c   Fuchs, Julien ^a   d'Humières, Emmanuel ^a,d,e   Lefebvre, Erik ^e   Borghesi, Marco ^f   Brambrink, Erik ^a   Cecchetti, Carlo A ^f   Gaillard, Sandrine A ^d   Romagnani, Lorenzo ^a   Sentoku, Yasuhiko ^d   Toncian, Toma ^g   Audebert, Patrick ^a   Pépin, Henri ^h  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e DIF   (France)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

High contrast laser; Laser accelerated proton beams; Plasma mirror (PM)

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LASER FUSION; LASER PULSES; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

ENERGY PULSES; HIGH-CONTRAST LASER; HIGH-ENERGY IONS; LASER AND PLASMA; LASER FACILITIES; LASER-ACCELERATED PROTON BEAMS; PLASMA MIRROR (PM); PRE-PULSE; SOLID TARGETS; THIN FOILS; ULTRA-HIGH;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 50249118611     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2001229     Document Type: Article

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