• DocumentCode
    3055745
  • Title

    Target effects on focusing and acceleration of laser-driven ion beams

  • Author

    Mcguffey, Chris ; Kim, Jung-Ho ; Stephens, R.B. ; Qiao, B. ; Wei, M.S. ; Beg, F.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Energy Res., Univ. of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    June 30 2013-July 4 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; particle beam focusing; energetic proton beams; laser-driven ion beam acceleration; laser-driven ion beam focusing; material dependence; picosecond lasers; solid material; target effects; volume heating; Focusing; Heating; Laser beams; Materials; Particle beams; Plasmas; Protons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600072
  • Filename
    6600072
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3055745