@inproceedings{16cce388ccee46db8008c959a332d168,
title = "Enhanced laser-driven proton-acceleration from limited mass targets by high temporal contrast ultra-intense lasers",
abstract = "Beam optimization of laser-accelerated protons is required to progress towards the development of applications, e.g. for fast ignition of fusion targets or dense plasma radiography. For this, three areas of improvement need to be pursued: increasing the maximum proton energy, enhancing the laser-to-protons conversion efficiency and reducing the beam divergence. Here we report on the reasoning which led us to envision limited size target to improve protons acceleration. We point out that pre plasma leakage from the target front side is a critical issue to allow efficient acceleration from such limited size targets and show that with very high temporal contrast laser pulses proton acceleration is improved in such targets.",
author = "S. Buffechoux and M. Nakatsutsumi and A. Andreev and K. Zeil and T. Burris and G. Sarri and M. Amin and P. Antici and S. Fourmaux and S. Gaillard and A. Mancic and M. Tampo and H. P{\'e}pin and P. Audebert and O. Willi and T. Cowan and M. Borghesi and J. Fuchs",
year = "2010",
month = oct,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1063/1.3426064",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735407718",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "279--286",
booktitle = "Light at Extreme Intensities",
note = "1st International Conference on Light at Extreme Intensities - Scientific Opportunities and Technological Issues of the Extreme Light Infrastructure, LEI 2009 ; Conference date: 16-10-2009 Through 21-10-2009",
}