Target Effects on Focusing and Acceleration of Laser-Driven Ion Beams

C. McGuffey; J. Kim; R.B. Stephens; B. Qiao; M.S. Wei; F.N. Beg

2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim
(Optica Publishing Group, 2013),
paper TuD4_1

Target Effects on Focusing and Acceleration of Laser-Driven Ion Beams

C. McGuffey, J. Kim, R.B. Stephens, B. Qiao, M.S. Wei, and F.N. Beg

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim 2013

Kyoto Japan
30 June–4 July 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4673-6475-1

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C. McGuffey, J. Kim, R. B. Stephens, B. Qiao, M. S. Wei, and F. N. Beg, "Target Effects on Focusing and Acceleration of Laser-Driven Ion Beams," in 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, (Optica Publishing Group, 2013), paper TuD4_1.

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Abstract

Energetic proton beams driven by picosecond lasers can be focused to densities ~10²⁴ m⁻³ in vacuum, but complications arise as it enters solid material. We report evidence of a strong material dependence on the volume heated.

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