Title :
Staged laser ion acceleration
Author :
Jäckel, O. ; Pfotenhauer, S.M. ; Polz, J. ; Steinke, S. ; Schlenvoigt, H.-P. ; Heymann, J. ; Robinson, A.P.L. ; Kaluza, M.C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Opt. und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ., Jena, Germany
Abstract :
We report experimental results proving the possibility to use laser-driven ion acceleration in an additive manner. The observed proton spectra show well-defined characteristic modulations and this process was found to work extremely stable and controllable.
Keywords :
ion accelerators; laser beams; optical modulation; plasma production by laser; characteristic modulation; staged laser ion acceleration; Acceleration; Focusing; Optical control; Optical imaging; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Particle beams; Protons; Pulse modulation; Titanium; (270.6620) Strong-field processes; (350.5400) Plasmas;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
