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Generation of High Quality Laser Accelerated Ion Beams

Plasma Physics 2007-05-23 v1 Accelerator Physics Computational Physics

Abstract

In order to achieve a high quality, i. e. monoergetic, intense ion beam, we propose the use of a double layer target. The first layer, at the target front, consists of high-Z atoms, while the second (rear) layer is a thin coating of low-Z atoms. The high quality proton beams from the double layer target, irradiated by an ultra-intense laser pulse, are demonstrated with three dimensional Particle-in-Cell simulations.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0211104,
  title  = {Generation of High Quality Laser Accelerated Ion Beams},
  author = {T. Zh. Esirkepov and S. V. Bulanov and K. Nishihara and T. Tajima and F. Pegoraro and V. S. Khoroshkov and K. Mima and H. Daido and Y. Kato and Y. Kitagawa and K. Nagai and S. Sakabe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0211104},
  year   = {2007}
}