Reducing ion energy spread in hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration by using two-ion-species targets

Weng, S.M. and Muramaki, M. and Sheng, Z.M. (2015) Reducing ion energy spread in hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration by using two-ion-species targets. Laser and Particle Beams. ISSN 0263-0346

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    Abstract

    The generation of fast ion beams in the hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration by intense laser pulses has been studied for targets with different ion components. We find that the oscillation of the longitudinal electric field for accelerating ions can be effectively suppressed by using a two-ion-species target, because fast ions from a two-ion-species target are distributed into more bunches and each bunch bears less charge. Consequently, the energy spread of ion beams generated in the hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration can be greatly reduced down to 3.7% according to our numerical simulation.

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    Weng, S.M., Muramaki, M. and Sheng, Z.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8823-9993;
    • Item type:Article
      ID code:51768
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      2015
      Published
      23 January 2015
      Published Online
      7 October 2014
      Accepted
      Keywords:energy spread, fast ion beam, ion acceleration, two-ion-species target, Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics
      Subjects:Science > Physics
      Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
      Depositing user: Pure Administrator
      Date deposited:18 Feb 2015 16:57
      Last modified:04 May 2021 00:35
      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/51768
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