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 (https://doi.org/10.1017/S026303461400069X)

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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:25 May 2023 09:30
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/51768
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