DOI

  • P. V. Nickles
  • M. Schnürer
  • S. Steinke
  • T. Sokollik
  • S. Ter-Avetisyan
  • W. Sandner
  • T. Nakamura
  • M. Mima
  • A. Andreev

We demonstrate the feasibility of field mapping with proton beams having kinetic energies between 1-2 Megaelectronvolt. Adjustment of the ultrafast (40 fs) laser driven TNSA mechanism delivers a nearly pure proton beam with a low transversal emittance and an emerging broad kinetic spectrum. Suitable electronic image detection allows tracing of the temporal field evolution with temporal snapshots. An increase by a factor of more than 8 of the proton drive efficiency in terms of laser energy consumption has been achieved with thin foil targets (400 nm) when the temporal laser contrast was enhanced to 10 orders of magnitude by means of a double plasma mirror.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLaser-Driven Relativistic Plasmas Applied for Science, Industry, and Medicine - The 1st International Symposium
Pages183-193
Number of pages11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event1st International Symposium on Laser-Driven Relativistic Plasmas Applied for Science, Industry, and Medicine - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: 17 Sep 200720 Sep 2007

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1024
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference1st International Symposium on Laser-Driven Relativistic Plasmas Applied for Science, Industry, and Medicine
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period17/09/0720/09/07

    Research areas

  • Laser ion acceleration, Proton imaging, Ultrafast intense lasers

    Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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