Efficient carbon ion beam generation from laser-driven volume acceleration

Experimental data on laser-driven carbon C ^6+ ion acceleration with a peak intensity of 5 × 10 ^20  W cm ^−2 are presented and compared for opaque target normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) and relativistically transparent laser–plasma interactions. Particle numbers, peak ion energy and conversion ef...

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Main Authors: D Jung, L Yin, B J Albright, D C Gautier, S Letzring, B Dromey, M Yeung, R Hörlein, R Shah, S Palaniyappan, K Allinger, J Schreiber, K J Bowers, H-C Wu, J C Fernandez, D Habs, B M Hegelich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/2/023007