Laser mode effects on the ion acceleration during circularly polarized laser pulse interaction with foil targets

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Chen, M ^a   Pukhov, A ^a   Sheng, Z M ^b,d   Yan, X Q ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; IONS; LASER BEAMS; LASER FUSION; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; LASERS; TARGETS; TRELLIS CODES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ACCELERATED IONS; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LASER PULSES; FOIL TARGETS; GAUSSIAN MODES; GAUSSIAN PROFILES; GAUSSIAN PULSES; ION ACCELERATIONS; ION SPECTRUMS; MONOCHROMATICITY; PARTICLE IN CELLS; SURFACE INSTABILITIES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 57049162970     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3019105     Document Type: Article

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