Spot size dependence of laser accelerated protons in thin multi-ion foils

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Liu, Tung-Chang and Shao, Xi and Liu, Chuan-Sheng and Eliasson, Bengt and Wang, Jyhpyng and Chen, Shih-Hung (2014) Spot size dependence of laser accelerated protons in thin multi-ion foils. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 59 (15). (http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2014.DPP.NP8.105)

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Abstract

We present a numerical study of the effect of the laser spot size of a circularly polarized laser beam on the energy of quasi-monoenergetic protons in laser proton acceleration using a thin carbon-hydrogen foil. The used proton acceleration scheme is a combination of laser radiation pressure and shielded Coulomb repulsion due to the carbon ions. We observe that the spot size plays a crucial role in determining the efficiency of proton acceleration. Using a laser pulse with fixed input energy and pulse length impinging on a carbon-hydrogen foil, a laser beam with smaller spot sizes can generate higher energy but fewer quasi-monoenergetic protons. We studied the scaling of the proton energy with respect to the laser spot size and obtained an optimal spot size for maximum proton energy flux. In particular, we provided a theoretical model interpreting the acceleration mechanism for non-penetration cases and the calculated optimal spot size agreed well with the 2D PIC simulation results. Using the optimal spot size, we can generate an 80 MeV quasi-monoenergetic proton beam containing more than 10^8 protons using a laser beam with power 250 TW and energy 10 J and a target of thickness 0.15 wavelength and 49 critical density made of 90\% carbon and 10\% hydrogen.

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Liu, Tung-Chang, Shao, Xi, Liu, Chuan-Sheng, Eliasson, Bengt ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6039-1574, Wang, Jyhpyng and Chen, Shih-Hung;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:51005
    Dates:
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    29 October 2014
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    Notes:Originally presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Session NP8: Poster Session V: DIII-D/Diagnostics; Measurement and Diagnostic Techniques; Low Temperature Plasmas; Production, Ionization Kinetics and Sheaths; Van Allen 100; LPI Short Pulse and Beams.
    Subjects:Science > Physics > Optics. Light
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:12 Jan 2015 19:41
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 10:55
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/51005
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