Production of energetic proton beams with lasers

V. Malka; J. Faure; S. Fritzler; M. Manclossi; A. Guemnie-Tafo; E. D'Humìres; E. Lefebvre; D. Batani

doi:10.1063/1.2170031

Production of energetic proton beams with lasers

V. Malka
, J. Faure
, S. Fritzler
, M. Manclossi
, A. Guemnie-Tafo
, E. D'Humìres
, E. Lefebvre
, D. Batani

Laboratory d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS-École Polytechnique
Varian Medical Systems
CEA/DAM
University of Milano-Bicocca

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Abstract

A new method for accelerating proton beams, based on the use of intense and short laser pulses, is presented. It is shown that by focusing an ultrashort laser pulse onto a thin foil target, a proton beam with energy up to tens of MeV is produced. Due to the original properties of these beams unexplored fields in science will be discovered. In addition, this compact and low cost approach would probably be of great interest for medical applications.

Original language	English
Article number	03B302
Journal	Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume	77
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2170031
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2006

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