• DocumentCode
    2874509
  • Title

    Monoenergetic proton beams from laser plasmas

  • Author

    Pfotenhauer, S. ; Jäckel, O. ; Amthor, K.-U. ; Schwoerer, H. ; Liesfeld, B. ; Ziegler, W. ; Sauerbrey, R. ; Ledingham, K.W.D. ; Esirkepov, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. fur Opt. und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ., Jena
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report the first production of quasi-monoenergetic proton beams using laser plasmas. Supported by scalability studies, this puts laser plasma acceleration clearly in the scope of medical application.
  • Keywords
    laser applications in medicine; proton beams; laser plasmas; medical application; monoenergetic proton beams; scalability studies; Acceleration; Back; Contamination; Electrons; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Particle beams; Plasma accelerators; Plasma applications; Protons; (270.6620) Strong-field processes; (350.4990) Particles; (350.5400) Plasmas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628445
  • Filename
    4628445
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2874509