Time-and space-resolved pyrometry of dense plasmas heated by laser accelerated ion beams
G Dyer, R Roycroft, E McCary… - APS Division of …, 2016 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Laser driven ion sources have a variety of possible applications, including the rapid heating
of matter to dense plasma states of several eV. Recent experiments at LANL and The
University of Texas have explored ion heating in the context of mixing at high-Z/low-Z
plasma interfaces, using different laser-based ion acceleration schemes. Quasi-
monoenergetic and highly directed Al ions from ultra-thin foils were used in one set of
experiments, while TNSA accelerated protons from an F/40 focused petawatt laser were …
of matter to dense plasma states of several eV. Recent experiments at LANL and The
University of Texas have explored ion heating in the context of mixing at high-Z/low-Z
plasma interfaces, using different laser-based ion acceleration schemes. Quasi-
monoenergetic and highly directed Al ions from ultra-thin foils were used in one set of
experiments, while TNSA accelerated protons from an F/40 focused petawatt laser were …