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
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600072
