Effect of plasma scale length on multi-MeV proton production by intense laser pulses

A.J. Mackinnon; Marco Borghesi; S. Hatchett; M.H. Key; P. Patel; D.H. Campbell; A. Schiavi; R. Snavely; S.C. Wilks; O. Willi

Effect of plasma scale length on multi-MeV proton production by intense laser pulses

A.J. Mackinnon, Marco Borghesi, S. Hatchett, M.H. Key, P. Patel, D.H. Campbell, A. Schiavi, R. Snavely, S.C. Wilks, O. Willi

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The influence of the plasma density scale length on the production of MeV protons from thin foil targets irradiated at I lambda (2) = 5 x 10(19) Wcm(-2) has been studied. With an unperturbed foil, protons with energy >20 MeV were formed in an exponential energy spectrum with a temperature of 2.5 +/- 0.3 MeV. When a plasma with a scale length of 100 mum was preformed on the back of the foil, the maximum proton energy was reduced to

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1769-1772
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	86
Issue number	9
Publication status	Published - 26 Feb 2001

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Effect of plasma scale length on multi-MeV proton production by intense laser pulses

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