Efficient acceleration of a small dense plasma pellet by consecutive action of multiple short intense laser pulses
2009 ◽
Vol 27
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pp. 629-634
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AbstractThe acceleration of a micrometer-sized plasma pellet at 100 critical densities (1023 cm−3) by consecutive application of ultra-short ultra-intense laser pulses is studied using two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation. It is shown that due to the repeated actions of the laser ponderomotive force, a small dense plasma pellet can be efficiently accelerated, with a considerable fraction of the plasma ions accelerated to high speeds. The proposed scheme can provide a high-density flux of energetic ions, which should be valuable in many practical applications.
2009 ◽
Vol 75
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pp. 91-98
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2012 ◽
Vol 78
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pp. 461-468
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2012 ◽
Vol 54
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pp. 085016
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