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The interaction of a short high intensity laser pulse with homo and heterogeneous shell cylinders has been analyzed using particle-in-cell simulations and analytical modeling. We show that the shell cylinder is proficient of accelerating and focusing ions in a narrow region. In the case of shell cylinder, the ion energy exceeds the ion energy for a flat target of the same thickness. The constructed model enables the evaluation of the ion energy and the number of ions in the focusing region.

Original languageEnglish
Article number093106
JournalPhysics of Plasmas
Volume22
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Aug 2015

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  • Condensed Matter Physics

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