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Intense short laser pulses may accelerate ions in thin targets to energies of several MeV per nucleon and highly collimated ion beams may be formed. Quasi-monoenergetic ion beams were generated last year from foils with a specially treated rear surface and from the water droplets. Mass-limited targets such as water μm-sized spheres or small metal discs offer an advantage of reducing the absorbed laser energy spread in the transverse directions. Ion acceleration in targets irradiated by short ultra-intense laser pulses is studied here via two-dimensional in space and three-dimensional in velocities (2D3V) relativistic electromagnetic particle-in-cell code. Simulations were performed for plane and curved foil sections and cylindrical targets that serve as a two-dimensional model of spherical micro-droplets. Two ion species with different charge-to-mass ratios facilitate the formation of persistent peak in energy distribution of the lighter ions, while the heavier ions act like a piston.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 042033 |
Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
Volume | 112 |
Issue number | Part 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 12 Jun 2008 |
Event | 5th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications, IFSA 2007 - Kobe, Japan Duration: 9 Sep 2007 → 14 Sep 2007 |
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