High-intensity laser-driven proton acceleration enhancement from hydrogen containing ultrathin targets

F. Dollar; S. A. Reed; T. Matsuoka; S. S. Bulanov; V. Chvykov; G. Kalintchenko; C. McGuffey; P. Rousseau; A. G.R. Thomas; L. Willingale; V. Yanovsky; D. W. Litzenberg; K. Krushelnick; A. Maksimchuk

doi:10.1063/1.4824361

High-intensity laser-driven proton acceleration enhancement from hydrogen containing ultrathin targets

F. Dollar
, S. A. Reed
, T. Matsuoka
, S. S. Bulanov
, V. Chvykov
, G. Kalintchenko
, C. McGuffey
, P. Rousseau
, A. G.R. Thomas
, L. Willingale
, V. Yanovsky
, D. W. Litzenberg
, K. Krushelnick
, A. Maksimchuk

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Abstract

Laser driven proton acceleration experiments from micron and submicron thick targets using high intensity (2 × 10²¹ W/cm²), high contrast (10^-15) laser pulses show an enhancement of maximum energy when hydrogen containing targets were used instead of non-hydrogen containing. In our experiments, using thin (1μm) plastic foil targets resulted in maximum proton energies that were consistently 20-100 higher than when equivalent thickness inorganic targets, including Si₃N ₄ and Al, were used. Proton energies up to 20 MeV were measured with a flux of 10⁷ protons/MeV/sr.

Original language	English
Article number	141117
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	103
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824361
Publication status	Published - 30 Sept 2013

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Dollar, F., Reed, S. A., Matsuoka, T., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., McGuffey, C., Rousseau, P., Thomas, A. G. R., Willingale, L., Yanovsky, V., Litzenberg, D. W., Krushelnick, K., & Maksimchuk, A. (2013). High-intensity laser-driven proton acceleration enhancement from hydrogen containing ultrathin targets. Applied Physics Letters, 103(14), Article 141117. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824361

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