• DocumentCode
    732709
  • Title

    He Ion acceleration in near critical density plasma

  • Author

    Tochitsky, S.Ya. ; Gong, C. ; Pigeon, J.J. ; Fiuza, F. ; Joshi, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Neptune Lab., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The CO2 laser-plasma interactions are uniquely placed for Shock Wave Acceleration of He or other light ions. We report on experimental and numerical studies of He ion acceleration in a gas jet plasma.
  • Keywords
    plasma accelerators; plasma jets; plasma light propagation; plasma shock waves; CO2 laser-plasma interactions; He ion acceleration; critical density plasma; gas jet plasma; shock wave acceleration; Acceleration; Electric shock; Helium; Ion beams; Ions; Plasmas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183145