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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2022-01-01
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Series: | New Journal of Physics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac681f |