High Energy Ion Generation

A. Maksimchuk, V. Yu Bychenkov, K. Flippo, H. Krause, K. Mima, G. Mourou, K. Nemoto, Y. Sentoku, D. Umstadter, R. Vane

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Abstract

We report on multy-MeV ion beam generation from the interaction of a 10 TW, 400 fs, 1.053 μm laser focused onto thin foil targets at intensities ranging from 1017 to 1019 W/cm2. Ion beam characteristics were studied by changing laser intensity, the preformed plasma scale-length and target material initial conductivity. We manipulated the proton beam divergence by using shaped targets. We observed nuclear transformation induced by high-energy protons and deuterons. A fully relativistic two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation modeled energetic ion generation. These simulations identify the mechanism for the hot electron generation at the laser-plasma interface. Comparison with experiments sheds light on the dependence of ion-energy on preplasma scale length and solid density plasma thickness as well as relates ion energies for multi-species plasma.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)321-332
Number of pages12
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume5228
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
EventECLIM 2002: 27th European Conference on Laser Interaction with Matter - Moscow, Russian Federation
Duration: Oct 7 2002Oct 11 2002

Keywords

  • Activation technique
  • High-energy ions
  • High-intensity laser
  • Radioisotope

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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