Proton acceleration driven by a nanosecond laser from a cryogenic thin solid-hydrogen ribbon

D. Margarone; A. Velyhan; J. Dostal; J. Ullschmied; J. P. Perin; D. Chatain; S. Garcia; P. Bonnay; T. Pisarczyk; R. Dudzak; M. Rosinski; J. Krasa; L. Giuffrida; J. Prokupek; V. Scuderi; J. Psikal; M. Kucharik; M. De Marco; J. Cikhardt; E. Krousky; Z. Kalinowska; T. Chodukowski; G. A.P. Cirrone; G. Korn

doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.6.041030

Proton acceleration driven by a nanosecond laser from a cryogenic thin solid-hydrogen ribbon

D. Margarone^*, A. Velyhan, J. Dostal, J. Ullschmied, J. P. Perin, D. Chatain, S. Garcia, P. Bonnay, T. Pisarczyk, R. Dudzak, M. Rosinski, J. Krasa, L. Giuffrida, J. Prokupek, V. Scuderi, J. Psikal, M. Kucharik, M. De Marco, J. Cikhardt, E. KrouskyZ. Kalinowska, T. Chodukowski, G. A.P. Cirrone, G. Korn

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A high-power pulsed laser is focused onto a solid-hydrogen target to accelerate forward a collimated stream of protons in the range 0.1-1 MeV, carrying a very high energy of about 30 J (~5% laser-ion conversion efficiency) and extremely large charge of about ~0.1 mC per laser pulse. This result is achieved for the first time through the combination of a sophisticated target system (H₂ thin ribbon) operating at cryogenic temperature (~10 K) and a very hot H plasma (~300 keV "hot electron" temperature) generated by a subnanosecond laser with an intensity of ~3 × 10¹⁶ W/cm². Both the H plasma and the accelerated proton beam are fully characterized by in situ and ex situ diagnostics. Results obtained using the ELISE (experiments on laser interaction with solid hydrogen) H₂ target delivery system at PALS (Prague) kJ-class laser facility are presented and discussed along with potential multidisciplinary applications.

Original language	English
Article number	041030
Journal	Physical Review X
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.6.041030
Publication status	Published - 08 Nov 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Margarone, D., Velyhan, A., Dostal, J., Ullschmied, J., Perin, J. P., Chatain, D., Garcia, S., Bonnay, P., Pisarczyk, T., Dudzak, R., Rosinski, M., Krasa, J., Giuffrida, L., Prokupek, J., Scuderi, V., Psikal, J., Kucharik, M., De Marco, M., Cikhardt, J., ... Korn, G. (2016). Proton acceleration driven by a nanosecond laser from a cryogenic thin solid-hydrogen ribbon. Physical Review X, 6(4), Article 041030. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.6.041030

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