Study of Energetic Ion Generation from High-Intensity-Laser Dense-Plasma Interactions

Authors

• K. Flippo, FOCUS Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• Anatoly Maksimchuk, University of MichiganFollow
• Sudeep Banerjee, FOCUS Center, University of Michigan, Ann ArborFollow
• K. Nash, FOCUS Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• V. Wong, FOCUS Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• T. Lin, FOCUS Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• K. Nemoto, CRIEPI, 2- 11- I , Iwado-kita, Komae-shi, Tokyo, Japan
• V. Yu. Bychenkov, P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, 11 7924 Moscow, Russia
• Y. Sentoku, Osaka University, Osaka Japan (Currently with GA, San Diego)
• G. Mourou, FOCUS Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• Donald P. Umstadter, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

11-20-2002

Comments

Published by the American Institute of Physics; American Institute of Physics Proc. 647, 255 (2002). Copyright 2002. Permission to use.

Abstract

We report on the characteristics of an ultrafast-laser driven proton beam from thinfilm targets. The difference in proton beam profiles, beam energies, and laser induced back ablation plumes between a dielectric (Mylar) and a conductor (aluminum) are discussed. Evidence for front-side acceleration and a method for beam manipulation are also presented.