Ion acceleration enhanced by target ablation
Ion acceleration enhanced by target ablation
Zhao, S.; Lin, C.; Wang, H. Y.; Lu, H.; Tu He, X.; Chen, J.; Cowan, T. E.; Q. Yan, X.
Laser proton acceleration can be enhanced by using target ablation, due to the energetic electrons generated in the ablation preplasma. When the ablation pulse matches main pulse, the enhancement gets optimized because the electrons' energy density is highest. A scaling law between the ablation pulse and main pulse is confirmed by the simulation, showing that for given CPA pulse and target, proton energy improvement can be achieved several times by adjusting the target ablation.
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- Radiation Source ELBE DOI: 10.17815/jlsrf-2-58
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