Title :
Efficient laser ion acceleration in an intense-short-pulse-laser foil interaction
Author :
Kawata, Higeo ; Nodera, Yoshiyuki ; Takahashi, Kohki ; Ma, Yanyun ; Sheng, Zhengming ; Klimo, Ondrej ; Limpouch, Jiri ; Kong, Qing ; Andreev, Alexander ; Wang, Pinxiao
Author_Institution :
Utsunomiya Univ., Utsunomiya, Japan
Abstract :
In a laser-foil interaction, a subwavelength-scale-multihole thin-foil target is proposed to increase the energy-conversion efficiency from laser to protons. The multiholes transpiercing the foil target enhance the laser-proton energy-conversion efficiency significantly.
Keywords :
ion accelerators; ion sources; laser beam effects; proton beams; intense short pulse laser foil interaction; laser ion acceleration; laser-proton energy conversion; subwavelength scale multihole thin foil target; Absorption; Acceleration; Electrons; Energy conversion; Laser fusion; Laser theory; Microstructure; Optical surface waves; Protons; Surface emitting lasers; Laser ion acceleration; fs-laser foil interaction;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292689
