Comparative study of laser ion acceleration with different contrast enhancement techniques

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 620, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-22

  Flacco, A ^a   Ceccotti, T ^a   George, H ^a   Monot, P ^a   Martin, Ph ^a   Reau F ^b   Tcherbakoff, O ^b   d'Oliveira, P ^b   Sylla, F ^c   Veltcheva, M ^c   Burgy, F ^c   Tafzi, A ^c   Malka, V ^c   Batani, D ^d  

^a DIF   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast; Laser; Plasma mirror; Proton acceleration; XPW

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; IONS; LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ACCELERATED PARTICLES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTRAST; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; LASER ION ACCELERATION; PLASMA MIRRORS; PROTON ACCELERATION; RELATIVISTIC INTENSITY;

LASER MIRRORS;

EID: 77953622048     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.01.053     Document Type: Article

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