Optimal ion acceleration from ultrathin foils irradiated by a profiled laser pulse of relativistic intensity

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Andreev, A A ^a,b   Steinke, S ^a   Sokollik, T ^a   Schnurer M ^a   Avetsiyan, S Ter ^a,c   Platonov, K Yu ^b   Nickles, P V ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR LASER PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; IONS; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; TARGETS;

ACCELERATED IONS; ION ACCELERATIONS; ION ENERGIES; LASER FIELDS; PRE PULSE; RELATIVISTIC INTENSITIES; RELATIVISTIC LASER PLASMAS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 59349086370     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3054528     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Q. L. Dong, Z.-M. Sheng, M. Y. Yu, and J. Zhang, Phys. Rev. E 68, 026408 (2003).
2. E. d'Humìres, E. Lefebvre, L. Gremillet, and V. Malka, Phys. Plasmas 12, 062704 (2005).
3. L. Yin, B. J. Albright, and B. M. Hegelich, Phys. Plasmas 14, 056706 (2007).
4. D. Neely, P. Foster, A. Robinson, F. Lindau, O. Lundh, A. Persson, C.-G. Wahlström, and P. McKenna, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 021502 (2006).
5. Y. Oishi, T. Nayuki, T. Fujii, Y. Takizawa, X. Wang, T. Yamazaki, K. Nemoto, T. Kayoiji, T. Sekiya, K. Horioka, Y. Okano, Y. Hironaka, K. G. Nakamura, K. Kondo, and A. A. Andreev, Phys. Plasmas 12, 073102 (2005).
6. J. Fuchs, P. Antici, E. d'Humìres, E. Lefebvre, M. Borghesi, E. Brambrink, C. A. Cecchetti, M. Kaluza, V. Malka, M. Manclossi, S. Meyroneinc, P. Mora, J. Schreiber, T. Toncian, H. Papin, and P. Audebert, Nat. Phys. 1745-2473 199, 48 (2006); P. Mora, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 185002 (2003).
7. T. Esirkepov, M. Yamagiwa, and T. Tajima, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 105001 (2006).
8. K. B. Wharton, C. D. Boley, A. M. Komashko, A. M. Rubenchik, J. Zweiback, J. Crane, G. Hays, T. E. Cowan, and T. Ditmire, Phys. Rev. E 64, 025401 (2001).
9. A. A. Andreev, R. Sonobe, S. Kawata, S. Miyazaki, K. Sakai, K. Miyauchi, T. Kikuchi, and K. Platonov, Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 48, 1605 (2006).
10. S. Ter Avetisyan, M. Schnürer, P. V. Nickles, T. Sokollik, and W. Sandner, J. Phys. D 38, 863 (2005).
11. S. Steinke, "Entwicklung eines Doppel-Plasmaspiegels zur Erzeugung hochenergetischer Ionen mit ultra-dünnen Targets," http://dyn.physik.fu-berlin.de/de/bibliothek/publikationen/diplomarbeiten/ (2007).
12. M. Schnürer, P. V. Nickles, T. Sokollik, A. A. Andreev, and W. Sandner, Phys. Plasmas 14, 033101 (2007).
13. S. Ter-Avetisyan, M. Schnürer, P. V. Nickles, M. Kalashnikov, E. Risse, T. Sokollik, W. Sandner, A. Andreev, and V. Tikhonchuk, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 145006 (2006).
14. A. A. Andreev and I. V. Kurnin, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 13, 402 (1996).
15. A. J. Kemp and H. Ruhl, Phys. Plasmas 12, 033105 (2005).
16. T. Takizuka and H. Abe, J. Comput. Phys. 0021-9991 10.1016/0021-9991(77) 90099-7 25, 205 (1977); S. Ma, R. D. Sydora, and J. M. Dawson, Comput. Phys. Commun. 77, 190 (1993).
17. C. K. Birdsall and A. B. Langdon, Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation (Institute of Physics, Bristol, 1995), p. 356.
18. A. Pukhov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3562 86, 3562 (2001); D. R. Welch, D. V. Rose, M. E. Cuneo, R. B. Campbell, and T. A. Mehlhorn, Prog. Opt. 13, 063105 (2006).
19. M. Ammosov, A. Delone, and V. Krainov, Sov. Phys. JETP 64, 1191 (1986).
20. J. Fuchs, C. A. Cecchetti, M. Borghesi, T. Grismayer, E. d'Humìres, P. Antici, S. Atzeni, P. Mora, A. Pipahl, L. Romagnani, A. Schiavi, Y. Sentoku, T. Toncian, P. Audebert, and O. Willi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 015002 (2007).
21. P. Antici, J. Fuchs, E. d'Humìres, E. Lefebvre, M. Borghesi, E. Brambrink, C. A. Cecchetti, S. Gaillard, L. Romagnani, Y. Sentoku, T. Toncian, O. Willi, P. Audebert, and H. Ṕpin, Phys. Plasmas 14, 030701 (2007).
22. A. V. Brantov, V. T. Tikhonchuk, O. Klimo, D. V. Romanov, S. Ter-Avetisyan, M. Schnürer, T. Sokollik, and P. V. Nickles, Phys. Plasmas 13, 122705 (2006).
23. B. M. Hegelich, B. J. Albright, J. Cobble, K. Flippo, S. Letzring, M. Paffett, H. Ruhl, J. Schreiber, R. K. Schulze, and J. C. Fernandez, Nature (London) 0028-0836 10.1038/nature04400 439, 441 (2006); H. Schwoerer, S. Pfotenhauer, O. Jackel, K.-U. Amthor, B. Liesfeld, W. Ziegler, R. Sauerbrey, K. W. D. Ledingham, and T. Esirkepov, Nature (London) 0028-0836 10.1038/nature04492 439, 445 (2006); J. Fuchs, P. Antici, E. d'Humìres, E. Lefebvre, M. Borghesi, E. Brambrink, C. Cecchetti, T. Toncian, H. Ṕpin, and P. Audebert, J. Phys. IV 133, 1151 (2006).
24. B. J. Albright, L. Yin, B. M. Hegelich, K. J. Bowers, T. J. T. Kwan, and J. C. Fernández, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 115002 (2006).
25. A. Andreev, A. Levy, T. Cecotti, C. Thaury, K. Platonov, R. A. Loch, and Ph. Martin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 155002 (2008).
26. T. Grismayer and P. Mora, Phys. Plasmas 13, 032103 (2006).
27. A. Yogo, H. Daido, A. Fukumi, Z. Li, K. Ogura, A. Sagisaka, A. S. Pirozhkov, S. Nakamura, Y. Iwashita, T. Shirai, A. Noda, Y. Oishi, T. Nayuki, T. Fujii, and K. Nemoto, Phys. Plasmas 14, 043104 (2007).
28. A. P. L. Robinson, M. Zepf, S. Kar, R. G. Evans, and C. Bellei, New J. Phys. 10, 013021 (2008).