Focusing Dynamics of High-Energy Density, Laser-Driven Ion Beams

S.N. Chen; E. D'Humieres; E. Lefebvre; L. Romagnani; T. Toncian; P. Antici; P. Audebert; E. Brambrink; C.A. Cecchetti; T. Kudyakov; A. Pipahl; Y. Sentoku; M. Borghesi; O. Willi; J. Fuchs

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.055001

Focusing Dynamics of High-Energy Density, Laser-Driven Ion Beams

S.N. Chen, E. D'Humieres, E. Lefebvre, L. Romagnani, T. Toncian, P. Antici, P. Audebert, E. Brambrink, C.A. Cecchetti, T. Kudyakov, A. Pipahl, Y. Sentoku, M. Borghesi, O. Willi, J. Fuchs

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The dynamics of the focusing of laser-driven ion beams produced from concave solid targets was studied. Most of the ion beam energy is observed to converge at the center of the cylindrical targets with a spot diameter of 30 mu m, which can be very beneficial for applications requiring high beam energy densities. Also, unbalanced laser irradiation does not compromise the focusability of the beam. However, significant filamentation occurs during the focusing, potentially limiting the localization of the energy deposition region by these beams at focus. These effects could impact the applicability of such high-energy density beams for applications, e. g., in proton-driven fast ignition.

Original language	English
Article number	055001
Number of pages	1
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	108
Issue number	5
Early online date	30 Jan 2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.055001
Publication status	Published - 03 Feb 2012

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Focusing Dynamics of High-Energy Density, Laser-Driven Ion Beams. / Chen, S.N.; D'Humieres, E.; Lefebvre, E.; Romagnani, L.; Toncian, T.; Antici, P.; Audebert, P.; Brambrink, E.; Cecchetti, C.A.; Kudyakov, T.; Pipahl, A.; Sentoku, Y.; Borghesi, M.; Willi, O.; Fuchs, J.

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