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

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.