Selective deuterium ion acceleration using the Vulcan petawatt laser

A. G. Krygier; J. T. Morrison; S. Kar; H. Ahmed; A. Alejo; R. Clarke; J. Fuchs; A. Green; D. Jung; A. Kleinschmidt; Z. Najmudin; H. Nakamura; P. Norreys; M. Notley; M. Oliver; M. Roth; L. Vassura; M. Zepf; M. Borghesi; R. R. Freeman

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Selective deuterium ion acceleration using the Vulcan petawatt laser

A. G. Krygier
, J. T. Morrison
, S. Kar
, H. Ahmed
, A. Alejo
, R. Clarke
, J. Fuchs
, A. Green
, D. Jung
, A. Kleinschmidt
, Z. Najmudin
, H. Nakamura
, P. Norreys
, M. Notley
, M. Oliver
, M. Roth
, L. Vassura
, M. Zepf
, M. Borghesi
, R. R. Freeman

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We report on the successful demonstration of selective acceleration of deuterium ions by target-normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) with a high-energy petawatt laser. TNSA typically produces a multi-species ion beam that originates from the intrinsic hydrocarbon and water vapor contaminants on the target surface. Using the method first developed by Morrison et al. [Phys. Plasmas 19, 030707 (2012)], an ion beam with >99% deuterium ions and peak energy 14 MeV/nucleon is produced with a 200 J, 700 fs, > 10 20 W/cm 2 laser pulse by cryogenically freezing heavy water (D₂O) vapor onto the rear surface of the target prior to the shot. Within the range of our detectors (0°-8.5°), we find laser-to-deuterium-ion energy conversion efficiency of 4.3% above 0.7 MeV/nucleon while a conservative estimate of the total beam gives a conversion efficiency of 9.4%.

Original language	English
Article number	053102
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	22
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919618
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2015

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Krygier, A. G., Morrison, J. T., Kar, S., Ahmed, H., Alejo, A., Clarke, R., Fuchs, J., Green, A., Jung, D., Kleinschmidt, A., Najmudin, Z., Nakamura, H., Norreys, P., Notley, M., Oliver, M., Roth, M., Vassura, L., Zepf, M., Borghesi, M., & Freeman, R. R. (2015). Selective deuterium ion acceleration using the Vulcan petawatt laser. Physics of Plasmas, 22(5), Article 053102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919618

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