First demonstration of collimation and monochromatisation of a laser accelerated proton burst

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 637-642

  Ter Avetisyan, S ^a,b   Schnurer M ^b   Polster, R ^b   Nickles, P V ^b   Sandner, W ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ion acceleration; Ion beam collimation; Laser plasma; Quadrupole magnet lens; Spectral tailoring

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; LASER BEAMS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASERS; LENSES; MAGNETS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PLASMAS; PROTONS;

ION ACCELERATION; ION BEAM COLLIMATION; LASER PLASMA; QUADRUPOLE-MAGNET LENS; SPECTRAL TAILORING;

IONS;

EID: 57649242776     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034608000712     Document Type: Article

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