Highly Efficient Relativistic-Ion Generation in the Laser-Piston Regime

2004/04/27 by T. Zh. Esirkepov, T. Esirkepov, M. Borghesi +3 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics #physics.acc-ph #physics.comp-ph #physics.plasm-ph #physics.space-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.92.175003

10 pages, 4 figures

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Abstract

An intense laser-plasma interaction regime of the generation of high density ultrashort relativistic ion beams is suggested. When the radiation pressure is dominant, the laser energy is transformed efficiently into the energy of fast ions.

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