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Features of ion acceleration by circularly polarized laser pulses

Plasma Physics 2019-02-13 v1

Abstract

The characteristics of a MeV ion source driven by superintense, ultrashort laser pulses with circular polarization are studied by means of particle-in-cell simulations. Predicted features include high efficiency, large ion density, low divergence and the possibility of femtosecond duration. A comparison with the case of linearly polarized pulses is made.

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@article{arxiv.0705.4019,
  title  = {Features of ion acceleration by circularly polarized laser pulses},
  author = {T. V. Liseykina and A. Macchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.4019},
  year   = {2019}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures