Laser-driven 1 GeV carbon ions from preheated diamond targets in the break-out afterburner regime

D. Jung; L. Yin; D. C. Gautier; H.-C. Wu; S. Letzring; B. Dromey; R. Shah; S. Palaniyappan; T. Shimada; R. P. Johnson; J. Schreiber; D. Habs; J. C. Fernández; B. M. Hegelich; B. J. Albright

doi:10.1063/1.4817287

Laser-driven 1 GeV carbon ions from preheated diamond targets in the break-out afterburner regime

D. Jung, L. Yin, D. C. Gautier, H.-C. Wu, S. Letzring, B. Dromey, R. Shah, S. Palaniyappan, T. Shimada, R. P. Johnson, J. Schreiber, D. Habs, J. C. Fernández, B. M. Hegelich, B. J. Albright

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Abstract

Experimental data are presented for laser-driven carbon C6+ ion-acceleration, verifying 2D-PIC studies for multi-species targets in the Break-Out Afterburner regime. With Trident's ultra-high contrast at relativistic intensities of 5 × 1020 W/cm2 and nm-scale diamond targets, acceleration of carbon ions has been optimized by using target laser-preheating for removal of surface proton contaminants. Using a high-resolution wide angle spectrometer, carbon C6+ ion energies exceeding 1 GeV or 83 MeV/amu have been measured, which is a 40% increase in maximum ion energy over uncleaned targets. These results are consistent with kinetic plasma modeling and analytic theory.

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Pages (from-to)	083103
Number of pages	1
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	20
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4817287
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

combustion
diamond
plasma diagnostics
plasma heating by laser
plasma kinetic theory
plasma light propagation
plasma simulation
relativistic plasmas

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Jung, D., Yin, L., Gautier, D. C., Wu, H-C., Letzring, S., Dromey, B., Shah, R., Palaniyappan, S., Shimada, T., Johnson, R. P., Schreiber, J., Habs, D., Fernández, J. C., Hegelich, B. M., & Albright, B. J. (2013). Laser-driven 1 GeV carbon ions from preheated diamond targets in the break-out afterburner regime. Physics of Plasmas, 20(8), 083103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4817287

Jung, D. ; Yin, L. ; Gautier, D. C. ; Wu, H.-C. ; Letzring, S. ; Dromey, B. ; Shah, R. ; Palaniyappan, S. ; Shimada, T. ; Johnson, R. P. ; Schreiber, J. ; Habs, D. ; Fernández, J. C. ; Hegelich, B. M. ; Albright, B. J. / Laser-driven 1 GeV carbon ions from preheated diamond targets in the break-out afterburner regime. In: Physics of Plasmas. 2013 ; Vol. 20, No. 8. pp. 083103.

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