Laser-driven ion and electron acceleration from near-critical density gas targets: Towards high-repetition rate operation in the 1 PW, sub-100 fs laser interaction …

V Ospina-Bohórquez, C Salgado-López, M Ehret… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Ion acceleration from gaseous targets driven by relativistic-intensity lasers was
demonstrated as early as the late 1990s, yet most of the experiments conducted to date …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of quasi-monoenergetic proton beams from near-critical density plasmas irradiated by picosecond laser pulses

Y Wei, W Wang, D Zou, K Liu, G Zhang, N Zhao… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Laser-driven high-quality ion beams hold immense potential for applications in diverse fields
such as tumor therapy, fast ignition, and so on. However, current experimental ion beams …