Enhanced proton acceleration by an ultrashort laser interaction with structured dynamic plasma targets

A. Zigler; S. Eisenman; M. Botton; E. Nahum; E. Schleifer; A. Baspaly; I. Pomerantz; F. Abicht; J. Branzel; G. Priebe; S. Steinke; A. Andreev; M. Schnuerer; W. Sandner; D. Gordon; P. Sprangle; K. W.D. Ledingham

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.215004

Enhanced proton acceleration by an ultrashort laser interaction with structured dynamic plasma targets

A. Zigler^*, S. Eisenman, M. Botton, E. Nahum, E. Schleifer, A. Baspaly, I. Pomerantz, F. Abicht, J. Branzel, G. Priebe, S. Steinke, A. Andreev, M. Schnuerer, W. Sandner, D. Gordon, P. Sprangle, K. W.D. Ledingham

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Racah Institute of Physics

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We experimentally demonstrate a notably enhanced acceleration of protons to high energy by relatively modest ultrashort laser pulses and structured dynamical plasma targets. Realized by special deposition of snow targets on sapphire substrates and using carefully planned prepulses, high proton yields emitted in a narrow solid angle with energy above 21 MeV were detected from a 5 TW laser. Our simulations predict that using the proposed scheme protons can be accelerated to energies above 150 MeV by 100 TW laser systems.

Original language	English
Article number	215004
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	110
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.215004
State	Published - 21 May 2013

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Zigler, A., Eisenman, S., Botton, M., Nahum, E., Schleifer, E., Baspaly, A., Pomerantz, I., Abicht, F., Branzel, J., Priebe, G., Steinke, S., Andreev, A., Schnuerer, M., Sandner, W., Gordon, D., Sprangle, P., & Ledingham, K. W. D. (2013). Enhanced proton acceleration by an ultrashort laser interaction with structured dynamic plasma targets. Physical Review Letters, 110(21), Article 215004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.215004

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