Author/Authors :
Pogorelsky، نويسنده , , I.V. and Yakimenko، نويسنده , , V. and Polyanskiy، نويسنده , , M. and Shkolnikov، نويسنده , , P. and Ispiryan، نويسنده , , M. and Neely، نويسنده , , D. S. McKenna، نويسنده , , P. and Carroll، نويسنده , , D. and Najmudin، نويسنده , , Z. and Willingale، نويسنده , , L.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We review principles of picosecond CO2 lasers, operating at 10 μm wavelength, and their applications for strong-field physics research. Such laser has been used in a number of BNL experiments that explore advanced methods of particle acceleration and X-ray generation. We illustrate merits of the wavelength scaling from optical to mid-IR region by the examples of ion/proton acceleration and report the first experimental results that confirm the expected wavelength scaling of the process.
