[HTML][HTML] Scaling of laser-driven electron and proton acceleration as a function of laser pulse duration, energy, and intensity in the multi-picosecond regime

RA Simpson, GG Scott, D Mariscal, D Rusby… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A scaling study of short-pulse laser-driven proton and electron acceleration was conducted
as a function of pulse duration, laser energy, and laser intensity in the multi-picosecond (ps) …

Synchronous post-acceleration of laser-driven protons in helical coil targets by controlling the current dispersion

Z Liu, Z Mei, D Kong, Z Pan, S Xu, Y Gao… - High Power Laser …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Post-acceleration of protons in helical coil targets driven by intense, ultrashort laser pulses
can enhance ion energy by utilizing the transient current from the targets' self-discharge. The …

A novel approach to electron data background treatment in an online wide-angle spectrometer for laser-accelerated ion and electron bunches

FH Lindner, JH Bin, F Englbrecht, D Haffa… - Review of Scientific …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Laser-based ion acceleration is driven by electrical fields emerging when target electrons
absorb laser energy and consecutively leave the target material. A direct correlation …

Electron heating by intense short-pulse lasers propagating through near-critical plasmas

A Debayle, F Mollica, B Vauzour, Y Wan… - New Journal of …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the electron heating induced by a relativistic-intensity laser pulse
propagating through a near-critical plasma. Using particle-in-cell simulations, we show that …

Plasma expansion into vacuum assuming a steplike electron energy distribution

T Kiefer, T Schlegel, MC Kaluza - … Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2013 - APS
The expansion of a semi-infinite plasma slab into vacuum is analyzed with a hydrodynamic
model implying a steplike electron energy distribution function. Analytic expressions for the …

Identification of high energy ions using backscattered particles in laser-driven ion acceleration with cluster-gas targets

Y Fukuda, H Sakaki, M Kanasaki, A Yogo, S Jinno… - Radiation …, 2013 - Elsevier
A new diagnosis method for high energy ions utilizing a single CR-39 detector mounted on
plastic plates is demonstrated to identify the presence of the high energy component beyond …

Assessment of Angular Spectral Distributions of Laser Accelerated Particles for Simulation of Radiation Dose Map in Target Normal Sheath Acceleration Regime of …

A Groza, A Chirosca, E Stancu, B Butoi… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
An adequate simulation model has been used for the calculation of angular and energy
distributions of electrons, protons, and photons emitted during a high-power laser, 5-µm …

A high energy component of the intense laser-accelerated proton beams detected by stacked CR-39

M Kanasaki, A Hattori, H Sakaki, Y Fukuda… - Radiation …, 2013 - Elsevier
A precise measurement has been made utilizing a stacked CR-39 detectors unit for laser-
accelerated high intensity protons. The proton beams are derived from a thin polyimide …

Role of target material in proton acceleration from thin foils irradiated by ultrashort laser pulses

M Tayyab, S Bagchi, B Ramakrishna, T Mandal… - Physical Review E, 2014 - APS
We report on the proton acceleration studies from thin metallic foils of varying atomic number
(Z) and thicknesses, investigated using a 45 fs, 10 TW Ti: sapphire laser system. An optimum …

A new Thomson Spectrometer for high energy laser-driven beams diagnostic

GAP Cirrone, A Tramontana, G Candiano… - Journal of …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Thomson Spectrometers (TPs) are widely used for beam diagnostic as they provide
simultaneous information on charge over mass ratio, energy and momentum of detected …