High-energy monoenergetic proton bunch from laser interaction with a complex target Export

@article{citeulike:5928516, abstract = {Generation of high-energy proton bunch in the interaction of a high-power laser pulse with a complex target consisting of a front horizontal slice adjoining a conventional heavy ion and proton double-layer slab is investigated using two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation. The laser pulse propagates along both sides of the slice. A large number of hot electrons are generated and accelerated by the surface ponderomotive force, and transported through the double layer, forming a backside sheath field which is considerably stronger and more localized than that produced by the electrons from a simple double layer. As a result, the protons in the proton layer can be accelerated to energies more than three times, and the energy spread halved, that from the simple double layer.}, author = {Wang, Fengchao and Shen, Baifei and Zhang, Xiaomei and Jin, Zhangying and Wen, Meng and Ji, Liangliang and Wang, Wenpeng and Xu, Jiancai and Yu, M. Y. and Cary, J.}, citeulike-article-id = {5928516}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PHPAEN000016000009093112000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aip.org/link/?PHP/16/093112}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3227809}, day = {21}, doi = {10.1063/1.3227809}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas}, keywords = {2d, complex, double-layer, electron, energy, high, ions, laser, monoenergetic, particle-in-cell, pic, plasma, sheath, simulation, slice, solid, target, temperature}, month = {September}, number = {9}, pages = {093112+}, posted-at = {2009-10-12 17:56:10}, priority = {2}, publisher = {AIP}, title = {High-energy monoenergetic proton bunch from laser interaction with a complex target}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3227809}, volume = {16}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5928516 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5928516 N2 - Generation of high-energy proton bunch in the interaction of a high-power laser pulse with a complex target consisting of a front horizontal slice adjoining a conventional heavy ion and proton double-layer slab is investigated using two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation. The laser pulse propagates along both sides of the slice. A large number of hot electrons are generated and accelerated by the surface ponderomotive force, and transported through the double layer, forming a backside sheath field which is considerably stronger and more localized than that produced by the electrons from a simple double layer. As a result, the protons in the proton layer can be accelerated to energies more than three times, and the energy spread halved, that from the simple double layer. IS - 9 JF - Physics of Plasmas TI - High-energy monoenergetic proton bunch from laser interaction with a complex target PB - AIP VL - 16 SP - 093112 KW - 2d KW - complex KW - double-layer KW - electron KW - energy KW - high KW - ions KW - laser KW - monoenergetic KW - particle-in-cell KW - pic KW - plasma KW - sheath KW - simulation KW - slice KW - solid KW - target KW - temperature AU - Wang, Fengchao AU - Shen, Baifei AU - Zhang, Xiaomei AU - Jin, Zhangying AU - Wen, Meng AU - Ji, Liangliang AU - Wang, Wenpeng AU - Xu, Jiancai AU - Yu, MY AU - Cary, J PY - 2009/09/21/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3227809 ER -