A cascaded laser acceleration scheme for the generation of spectrally controlled proton beams

We present a novel, cascaded acceleration scheme for the generation of spectrally controlled ion beams using a laser-based accelerator in a 'double-stage' setup. An MeV proton beam produced during a relativistic laser–plasma interaction on a thin foil target is spectrally shaped by a secon...

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Main Authors: Pfotenhauer, Sebastian Michael, Jackel, O., Polz, J., Steinke, S., Schlenvoigt, H.-P., Heymann, J., Robinson, A. P. L., Kaluza, M. C.
Other Authors: MIT-Portugal Program
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70501