Enhanced laser intensity and ion acceleration due to self-focusing in relativistically transparent ultrathin targets

Enhanced laser intensity and ion acceleration due to self-focusing in relativistically transparent ultrathin targets

Laser-driven proton acceleration from ultrathin foils is investigated experimentally using f/3 and f/1 focusing. Higher energies achieved with f/3 are shown via simulations to result from self-focusing of the laser light in expanding foils that become relativistically transparent, enhancing the inte...

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Main Authors: T. P. Frazer, R. Wilson, M. King, N. M. H. Butler, D. C. Carroll, M. J. Duff, A. Higginson, J. Jarrett, Z. E. Davidson, C. Armstrong, H. Liu, D. Neely, R. J. Gray, P. McKenna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-10-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.042015

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