Characteristics of ion beams generated in the interaction of ultra-short laser pulses with ultra-thin foils

Aodhan McIlvenny; Hamad Ahmed; Clare Scullion; Domenico Doria; Lorenzo Romagnani; Philip Martin; Kealan Naughton; A. Sgattoni; D. R.  Symes; A. Macchi; Paul McKenna; Matt Zepf; Satyabrata Kar; Marco Borghesi

doi:10.1088/1361-6587/ab7d26

Characteristics of ion beams generated in the interaction of ultra-short laser pulses with ultra-thin foils

Aodhan McIlvenny^*, Hamad Ahmed, Clare Scullion, Domenico Doria, Lorenzo Romagnani, Philip Martin, Kealan Naughton, A. Sgattoni, D. R. Symes, A. Macchi, Paul McKenna, Matt Zepf, Satyabrata Kar, Marco Borghesi^*

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Abstract

Experiments investigating ion acceleration from laser-irradiated ultra-thin foils on the GEMINI laser facility at the Rutherford appleton laboratory indicate a transition to 'light sail' radiation pressure acceleration when using circularly polarised, high contrast laser pulses. This paper complements previously published results with additional data and modelling which provide information on the multispecies dynamics taking place during the acceleration, and provides an indication on expected scaling of these processes at higher laser intensities.

Original language	English
Article number	054001
Number of pages	8
Journal	Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume	62
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab7d26
Publication status	Published - 30 Mar 2020

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Radiation pressure acceleration
ion acceleration
Laser-plasma accelerators

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Multispecies ion acceleration from intense laser interactions with thin foils
Author: McIlvenny, A., Jul 2021
Supervisor: Borghesi, M. (Supervisor) & Kar, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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Schemes of ion acceleration employing high energy, petawatt laser pulses
Author: Martin, P., Jul 2020
Supervisor: Borghesi, M. (Supervisor) & Kar, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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McIlvenny, A., Ahmed, H., Scullion, C., Doria, D., Romagnani, L., Martin, P., Naughton, K., Sgattoni, A., Symes, D. R., Macchi, A., McKenna, P., Zepf, M., Kar, S., & Borghesi, M. (2020). Characteristics of ion beams generated in the interaction of ultra-short laser pulses with ultra-thin foils. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 62(5), [054001]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab7d26

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Characteristics of ion beams generated in the interaction of ultra-short laser pulses with ultra-thin foils

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Multispecies ion acceleration from intense laser interactions with thin foils

Schemes of ion acceleration employing high energy, petawatt laser pulses

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