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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628445
