Radiation pressure-assisted acceleration of ions using multi-component foils in high-intensity laser-matter interactions

Bastian Aurand; S. Kuschel; O. Jaeckel; C. Roedel; H. Y. Zhao; S. Herzer; A. E. Paz; J. Bierbach; J. Polz; B. Elkin; G. G. Paulus; A. Karmakar; P. Gibbon; T. Kuehl; M. C. Kaluza

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/15/3/033031

Radiation pressure-assisted acceleration of ions using multi-component foils in high-intensity laser-matter interactions

Bastian Aurand, S. Kuschel, O. Jaeckel, C. Roedel, H. Y. Zhao, S. Herzer, A. E. Paz, J. Bierbach, J. Polz, B. Elkin, G. G. Paulus, A. Karmakar, P. Gibbon, T. Kuehl, M. C. Kaluza

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Experimental results on the acceleration of protons and carbon ions from ultra-thin polymer foils at intensities of up to 6x10(19)Wcm(-2) are presented revealing quasi-monoenergetic spectral characteristics for different ion species at the same time. For carbon ions and protons, a linear correlation between the cutoff energy and the peak energy is observed when the laser intensity is increased. Particle-in-cell simulations supporting the experimental results imply an ion acceleration mechanism driven by the radiation pressure as predicted for multi-component foils at these intensities.

Original language	English
Article number	033031
Journal	New Journal of Physics
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/3/033031
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Aurand, B., Kuschel, S., Jaeckel, O., Roedel, C., Zhao, H. Y., Herzer, S., Paz, A. E., Bierbach, J., Polz, J., Elkin, B., Paulus, G. G., Karmakar, A., Gibbon, P., Kuehl, T., & Kaluza, M. C. (2013). Radiation pressure-assisted acceleration of ions using multi-component foils in high-intensity laser-matter interactions. New Journal of Physics, 15, Article 033031. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/3/033031

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Radiation pressure-assisted acceleration of ions using multi-component foils in high-intensity laser-matter interactions

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