Optimisation of multi-petawatt laser-driven proton acceleration in the relativistic transparency regime

Laser-driven proton acceleration from ultrathin foils in the relativistic transparency regime is investigated using 2D and 3D particle-in-cell simulations. The optimisation of the maximum proton energy and the overall laser-to-proton energy conversion efficiency with the onset of transparency is inv...

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Main Authors: J Goodman, M King, R Wilson, R J Gray, P McKenna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac681f