Active steering of laser-accelerated ion beams

Lundh, O. and Glinec, Y. and Homann, C. and Lindau, F. and Persson, A. and Wahlstrom, C.G. and Carroll, D.C. and McKenna, P. (2008) Active steering of laser-accelerated ion beams. Applied Physics Letters, 92 (1). ISSN 0003-6951 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2832765)

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Abstract

A technique for optical control of the spatial distribution of laser-accelerated ion beams is presented. An ultrashort laser pulse, tightly focused to relativistic intensities on a thin foil target, drives a beam of MeV ions. An auxiliary, nanosecond laser pulse drives a shock and locally deforms the initially flat target prior to the main pulse interaction. By changing the properties of the shock-driving laser pulse, the normal direction of the ion emitting surface is locally manipulated and the emission direction is thereby controlled. In the future, this method could be used to achieve dynamic control of the ion beam divergence.

ORCID iDs

Lundh, O., Glinec, Y., Homann, C., Lindau, F., Persson, A., Wahlstrom, C.G., Carroll, D.C. and McKenna, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8061-7091;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:19837
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    7 January 2008
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
    Date deposited:09 Jun 2010 08:47
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 09:20
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/19837
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