Recent advances in the production of high repetition, high power, and short laser pulse have enabled the generation of high-energy proton beam, required for technology and other medical applications. Here we demonstrate the effective laser driven proton acceleration from near-critical density hydrogen plasma by employing the short and intense laser pulse through three-dimensional (3D) particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. The generation of strong magnetic field is demonstrated by numerical results and scaled with the plasma density and the electric field of laser. 3D PIC simulation results show the ring shaped proton density distribution where the protons are accelerated along the laser axis with fairly low divergence accompanied by off-axis beam of ring-like shape.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)219-229
Number of pages11
JournalLaser and Particle Beams
Volume34
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2016

    Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

    Research areas

  • Laser-plasma interaction, Magnetic vortex acceleration, Particle-in-cell simulation, Proton beam

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