High flux, beamed neutron sources employing deuteron-rich ion beams from D 2 O-ice layered targets

A Alejo; A. G. Krygier; H Ahmed; J T Morrison; R J Clarke; J. Fuchs; J. S.  Green; J. S. Green; D. Jung; A. Kleinschmidt; Z. Najmudin; H. Nakamura; P. Norreys; M. Notley; M. Oliver; M. Roth; L. Vassura; M Zepf; M Borghesi; R R Freeman; S Kar

High flux, beamed neutron sources employing deuteron-rich ion beams from D 2 O-ice layered targets

A Alejo
, A. G. Krygier
, H Ahmed
, J T Morrison
, R J Clarke
, J. Fuchs
, J. S. Green
, J. S. Green
, D. Jung
, A. Kleinschmidt
, Z. Najmudin
, H. Nakamura
, P. Norreys
, M. Notley
, M. Oliver
, M. Roth
, L. Vassura
, M Zepf
, M Borghesi
, R R Freeman

S Kar

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A forwardly-peaked bright neutron source was produced using a laser-driven, deuteron-rich ion beam in a pitcher-catcher scenario. A proton-free ion source was produced via target normal sheath acceleration from Au foils having a thin layer of D_2 O ice at the rear side, irradiated by sub-petawatt laser pulses (∼200 J, ∼750 fs) at peak intensity 2 x 10^20 Wcm^-2. The neutrons were preferentially produced in a beam of ∼70° FWHM cone along the ion beam forward direction, with maximum energy up to ∼40 MeV and a peak flux along the axis 2 x 10^9 n/sr for neutron energy above 2.5 MeV. The experimental data is in good agreement with the simulations carried out for the d(d,n)He reaction using the deuteron beam produced by the ice-layered target.

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Pages (from-to)	064004
Number of pages	7
Journal	Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume	59
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - 24 Apr 2017

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R1323CPP: Novel Techniques for control & Optimisation of Laser driven ion beams
Kar, S. (PI)
01/08/2012 → 30/06/2015
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R1304CPP: Advanced laser-ion acceleration strategies towards next generation healthcare
Borghesi, M. (PI), Kar, S. (CoI), Prise, K. (CoI) & Zepf, M. (CoI)
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R1404CPP: Next Generation Laser Driven Neutron Sources for Ultra Fast Studies
Kar, S. (PI)
01/08/2011 → 31/12/2016
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High flux, beamed neutron sources employing deuteron-rich ion beams from D2O-ice layered targets
Alejo, A. (Contributor), Krygier, A. G. (Creator), Ahmed, H. (Contributor), Morrison, J. T. (Contributor), Clarke, R. J. (Contributor), Fuchs, J. (Contributor), Green, J. (Contributor), Green, J. S. (Contributor), Jung, D. (Contributor), Kleinschmidt, A. (Contributor), Najmudin, Z. (Contributor), Nakamura, H. (Contributor), Norreys, P. (Contributor), Notely, M. (Contributor), Oliver, M. (Contributor), Roth, M. (Contributor), Vassura, L. (Contributor), Zepf, M. (Contributor), Borghesi, M. (Contributor), Freeman, R. R. (Contributor) & Kar, S. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, 2017
DOI: 10.17034/f5a5230c-65f1-4595-9fe9-1a12849bfcb3
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Alejo, A., Krygier, A. G., Ahmed, H., Morrison, J. T., Clarke, R. J., Fuchs, J., Green, J. S., Green, J. S., Jung, D., Kleinschmidt, A., Najmudin, Z., Nakamura, H., Norreys, P., Notley, M., Oliver, M., Roth, M., Vassura, L., Zepf, M., Borghesi, M., ... Kar, S. (2017). High flux, beamed neutron sources employing deuteron-rich ion beams from D 2 O-ice layered targets. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 59(6), 064004. http://stacks.iop.org/0741-3335/59/i=6/a=064004

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High flux, beamed neutron sources employing deuteron-rich ion beams from D 2 O-ice layered targets

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