Selective deuterium ion acceleration using the Vulcan petawatt laser

A. G. Krygier; J. T. Morrison; S. Kar; H. Ahmed; A. Alejo; R. Clarke; J. Fuchs; A. 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

doi:10.1063/1.4919618

Selective deuterium ion acceleration using the Vulcan petawatt laser

A. G. Krygier, J. T. Morrison, S. Kar, H. Ahmed, A. Alejo, R. Clarke, J. Fuchs, A. 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

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We report on the successful demonstration of selective acceleration of deuterium ions by target-normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) with a high-energy petawatt laser. TNSA typically produces a multi-species ion beam that originates from the intrinsic hydrocarbon and water vapor contaminants on the target surface. Using the method first developed by Morrison et al. [Phys. Plasmas 19, 030707 (2012)], an ion beam with >99% deuterium ions and peak energy 14 MeV/nucleon is produced with a 200 J, 700 fs, > 10 20 W/cm 2 laser pulse by cryogenically freezing heavy water (D<inf>2</inf>O) vapor onto the rear surface of the target prior to the shot. Within the range of our detectors (0°-8.5°), we find laser-to-deuterium-ion energy conversion efficiency of 4.3% above 0.7 MeV/nucleon while a conservative estimate of the total beam gives a conversion efficiency of 9.4%.

Original language	English
Article number	053102
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	22
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919618
Publication status	Published - May 2015

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Krygier, A. G., Morrison, J. T., Kar, S., Ahmed, H., Alejo, A., Clarke, R., Fuchs, J., Green, A., Jung, D., Kleinschmidt, A., Najmudin, Z., Nakamura, H., Norreys, P., Notley, M., Oliver, M., Roth, M., Vassura, L., Zepf, M., Borghesi, M., & Freeman, R. R. (2015). Selective deuterium ion acceleration using the Vulcan petawatt laser. Physics of Plasmas, 22(5), [053102]. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919618

Krygier, A. G. ; Morrison, J. T. ; Kar, S. ; Ahmed, H. ; Alejo, A. ; Clarke, R. ; Fuchs, J. ; Green, A. ; Jung, D. ; Kleinschmidt, A. ; Najmudin, Z. ; Nakamura, H. ; Norreys, P. ; Notley, M. ; Oliver, M. ; Roth, M. ; Vassura, L. ; Zepf, M. ; Borghesi, M. ; Freeman, R. R. / Selective deuterium ion acceleration using the Vulcan petawatt laser. In: Physics of Plasmas. 2015 ; Vol. 22, No. 5.

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Selective deuterium ion acceleration using the Vulcan petawatt laser. / Krygier, A. G.; Morrison, J. T.; Kar, S.; Ahmed, H.; Alejo, A.; Clarke, R.; Fuchs, J.; Green, A.; Jung, D.; Kleinschmidt, A.; Najmudin, Z.; Nakamura, H.; Norreys, P.; Notley, M.; Oliver, M.; Roth, M.; Vassura, L.; Zepf, M.; Borghesi, M.; Freeman, R. R.

In: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 22, No. 5, 053102, 05.2015.

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