Proton acceleration from vacuum-gapped double-foil target with low-contrast picosecond intense laser

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 073108 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Q. Wei ◽  
X. H. Yuan ◽  
Y. Fang ◽  
G. Q. Liao ◽  
H. H. An ◽  
...  
2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 642-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. ABUDUREXITI ◽  
Y. MIKADO ◽  
T. OKADA

Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulations of fast particles produced by a short laser pulse with duration of 40 fs and an intensity of 1020W/cm2 interacting with a foil target are performed. The experimental process is numerically simulated by considering a triangular concave target illuminated by an ultraintense laser. We have demonstrated increased acceleration and higher proton energies for triangular concave targets. We also determined the optimum target plasma conditions for maximum proton acceleration. The results indicated that a change in the plasma target shape directly affects the degree of contraction accelerated proton bunch.


2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 083114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chong Lv ◽  
Feng Wan ◽  
Ya-Juan Hou ◽  
Xue-Ren Hong ◽  
Mo-Ran Jia ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Akito SAGISAKA ◽  
Alexander S. PIROZHKOV ◽  
Mamiko NISHIUCHI ◽  
Koichi OGURA ◽  
Hironao SAKAKI ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 083107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ali Bake ◽  
Aimierding Aimidula ◽  
Fuerkaiti Xiaerding ◽  
Reyima Rashidin

2014 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 025001 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Nishiuchi ◽  
I W Choi ◽  
H Daido ◽  
T Nakamura ◽  
A S Pirozhkov ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
WEI-MIN WANG ◽  
ZHENG-MING SHENG ◽  
SHIGEO KAWATA ◽  
CHUN-YANG ZHENG ◽  
YU-TONG LI ◽  
...  

AbstractEnergetic electron beam generation from a thin foil target by the ponderomotive force of an ultra-intense circularly polarized laser pulse is investigated. Two-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations show that laser pulses with intensity of 1022–1023 Wcm−2 generate about 1–10 GeV electron beams, in agreement with the prediction of one-dimensional theory. When the laser intensity is at 1024–1025 Wcm−2, the beam energy obtained from PIC simulations is lower than the values predicted by the theory. The radiation damping effect is considered, which is found to become important for the laser intensity higher than 1025 Wcm−2. The effect of laser focus positions is also discussed.


2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 611-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.P. Yu ◽  
M. Chen ◽  
A. Pukhov

AbstractWe study proton acceleration from a foil target with a transversely varying density using multi-dimensional Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulations. In order to reduce electron heating and deformation of the target, circularly polarized Gaussian laser pulses at intensities on the order of 1022 Wcm−2 are used. It is shown that when the target density distribution fits that of the laser intensity profile, protons accelerated from the center part of the target have quasi-monoenergetic spectra and are well collimated. In our two-dimensional PIC simulations, the final peak energy can be up to 1.4 GeV with the full-width of half maximum divergence cone of less than 4°. We observe highly efficient energy conversion from the laser to the protons in the simulations.


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