Dynamics of laser-driven heavy-ion acceleration clarified by ion charge states
Mamiko Nishiuchi, N. P. Dover, M. Hata, H. Sakaki, Ko. Kondo, Hazel Lowe, Tetsuhiro Miyahara, Hiromitsu Kiriyama, James Koga, Natsumi Iwata, М. А. Alkhimova, A. S. Pirozhkov, A. Ya. Faenov, T. A. Pikuz, A. Sagisaka, Yukinobu Watanabe, M. Kando, Kotaro Kondo, E. J. Ditter, O. C. Ettlinger, George Hicks, Z. Najmudin, Tim Ziegler, Karl Zeil, U. Schramm, Y. Sentoku
Abstract
In this paper, high temperature (~10 keV) solid density silver plasma is generated experimentally by exposing a thin silver foil to the extreme fields of a tightly focused high-power laser. The authors demonstrate that such a plasma is an efficient source of highly charged, high energy heavy ions, with generation of ultra-strong electric fields
Topics & Concepts
IonPlasmaAtomic physicsFOIL methodLaserElectric fieldMaterials scienceAccelerationPower densityCharge (physics)PhysicsPower (physics)Nuclear physicsOpticsComposite materialClassical mechanicsQuantum mechanicsLaser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsLaser-induced spectroscopy and plasmaHigh-pressure geophysics and materials