Radiation-Pressure Acceleration of Ion Beams Driven by Circularly Polarized Laser Pulses

A. Henig; S. Steinke; M. Schnürer; T. Sokollik; R. Hörlein; D. Kiefer; D. Jung; J. Schreiber; B. M. Hegelich; X. Q. Yan; J. Meyer-ter-Vehn; T. Tajima; P. V. Nickles; W. Sandner; D. Habs

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.245003

Radiation-Pressure Acceleration of Ion Beams Driven by Circularly Polarized Laser Pulses

A. Henig, S. Steinke, M. Schnürer, T. Sokollik, R. Hörlein, D. Kiefer, D. Jung, J. Schreiber, B. M. Hegelich, X. Q. Yan, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, T. Tajima, P. V. Nickles, W. Sandner, D. Habs

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We present experimental studies on ion acceleration from ultrathin diamondlike carbon foils irradiated by ultrahigh contrast laser pulses of energy 0.7 J focused to peak intensities of 5×1019 W/cm2. A reduction in electron heating is observed when the laser polarization is changed from linear to circular, leading to a pronounced peak in the fully ionized carbon spectrum at the optimum foil thickness of 5.3 nm. Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations reveal that those C6+ ions are for the first time dominantly accelerated in a phase-stable way by the laser radiation pressure.

Original language	English
Article number	245003
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	103
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.245003
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2009

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Henig, A., Steinke, S., Schnürer, M., Sokollik, T., Hörlein, R., Kiefer, D., Jung, D., Schreiber, J., Hegelich, B. M., Yan, X. Q., Meyer-ter-Vehn, J., Tajima, T., Nickles, P. V., Sandner, W., & Habs, D. (2009). Radiation-Pressure Acceleration of Ion Beams Driven by Circularly Polarized Laser Pulses. Physical Review Letters, 103(24), [245003]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.245003

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Radiation-Pressure Acceleration of Ion Beams Driven by Circularly Polarized Laser Pulses

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