Radiation induced acceleration of ions in a laser irradiated transparent foil
Radiation friction can have a substantial impact on electron dynamics in a transparent target exposed to a strong laser pulse. In particular, by modifying quiver electron motion, it can strongly enhance the longitudinal charge separation field, thus inducing ion acceleration. We present a model and...
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| author | E G Gelfer A M Fedotov S Weber |
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| description | Radiation friction can have a substantial impact on electron dynamics in a transparent target exposed to a strong laser pulse. In particular, by modifying quiver electron motion, it can strongly enhance the longitudinal charge separation field, thus inducing ion acceleration. We present a model and simulation results for such a radiation induced ion acceleration regime and study the scalings of the maximal attainable and average ion energies with respect to the laser and target parameters. We also compare the performance of this mechanism to the conventional ones. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a45905836ed74a43bf3548a7c8dc831a2023-08-08T15:37:23ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302021-01-0123909500210.1088/1367-2630/ac1a97Radiation induced acceleration of ions in a laser irradiated transparent foilE G Gelfer0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6800-0483A M Fedotov1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6182-516XS Weber2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3154-9306ELI-Beamlines, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Dolni Brezany 252 41, Czech RepublicNational Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) , Moscow 115409, RussiaELI-Beamlines, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Dolni Brezany 252 41, Czech Republic; School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University , Xi’an 710049, People’s Republic of ChinaRadiation friction can have a substantial impact on electron dynamics in a transparent target exposed to a strong laser pulse. In particular, by modifying quiver electron motion, it can strongly enhance the longitudinal charge separation field, thus inducing ion acceleration. We present a model and simulation results for such a radiation induced ion acceleration regime and study the scalings of the maximal attainable and average ion energies with respect to the laser and target parameters. We also compare the performance of this mechanism to the conventional ones.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac1a97radiation frictionradiation pressurelaser plasmacharge separationion acceleration |
| spellingShingle | E G Gelfer A M Fedotov S Weber Radiation induced acceleration of ions in a laser irradiated transparent foil New Journal of Physics radiation friction radiation pressure laser plasma charge separation ion acceleration |
| title | Radiation induced acceleration of ions in a laser irradiated transparent foil |
| title_full | Radiation induced acceleration of ions in a laser irradiated transparent foil |
| title_fullStr | Radiation induced acceleration of ions in a laser irradiated transparent foil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Radiation induced acceleration of ions in a laser irradiated transparent foil |
| title_short | Radiation induced acceleration of ions in a laser irradiated transparent foil |
| title_sort | radiation induced acceleration of ions in a laser irradiated transparent foil |
| topic | radiation friction radiation pressure laser plasma charge separation ion acceleration |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac1a97 |
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