Next Article in Journal
Tamm Plasmons in TiO2 Nanotube Photonic Crystals
Next Article in Special Issue
Progress in Hybrid Plasma Wakefield Acceleration
Previous Article in Journal
Tunable Plasmonic Perfect Absorber for Hot Electron Photodetection in Gold-Coated Silicon Nanopillars
Previous Article in Special Issue
AnaBHEL (Analog Black Hole Evaporation via Lasers) Experiment: Concept, Design, and Status
 
 
Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
Journals
Photonics
Volume 10
Issue 1
10.3390/photonics10010061
photonics-logo
Submit to this Journal Review for this Journal Propose a Special Issue
► Article Menu

Article Menu

share Share announcement Help format_quote Cite question_answer Discuss in SciProfiles
first_page
settings
Order Article Reprints
Font Type:
Arial Georgia Verdana
Font Size:
Aa Aa Aa
Line Spacing:
Column Width:
Background:
Review

High-Quality Laser-Accelerated Ion Beams from Structured Targets

by
Martin Matys
1,2,*,
Jan Psikal
1,2,
Katsunobu Nishihara
3,
Ondrej Klimo
1,2,
Martin Jirka
1,2,
Petr Valenta
1,2 and
Sergei V. Bulanov
1,4
1
Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, ELI Beamlines Facility, Za Radnici 835, 252 41 Dolni Brezany, Czech Republic
2
Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 11519 Prague, Czech Republic
3
Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Osaka, Japan
4
Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa-shi 619-0215, Kyoto, Japan
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Photonics 2023, 10(1), 61; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10010061
Submission received: 2 June 2022 / Revised: 7 December 2022 / Accepted: 28 December 2022 / Published: 6 January 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Progress in Laser Accelerator and Future Prospects)
Browse Figures
Versions Notes

Abstract

In this work, we reviewed our results on the prospect of increasing the quality of ion acceleration driven by high-intensity laser pulses using low-Z structured targets. It is shown that the radiation pressure acceleration mechanism dominates over target normal sheath acceleration for assumed laser target parameters when the laser intensity is high enough. The target thickness is optimized for this regime and double-layer structure is investigated. When a corrugation is fabricated on the interface of such a target, a relativistic instability with Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov like features can be driven by the target interaction with a high intensity laser pulse. The proper development of this instability leads to the generation of a collimated quasi-monoenergetic ion beam with lower emittance, divergence, and energy spread compared to a single and double-layer target with planar interface. A steep-front laser pulse is used in our simulations to mitigate other type of instabilities arising at the target surface from the laser–target interaction. We discuss the use of a plasma shutter to generate the required pulse profile, which also locally increases intensity. The obtained shape improves the ion acceleration, including higher maximal energy and lower beam divergence, in our simulation of a high-Z target.
Keywords: high quality; monoenergetic; ion acceleration; laser-driven; plasma; low divergence; particle-in-cell; instability; steep front; plasma shutter high quality; monoenergetic; ion acceleration; laser-driven; plasma; low divergence; particle-in-cell; instability; steep front; plasma shutter

Share and Cite

MDPI and ACS Style

Matys, M.; Psikal, J.; Nishihara, K.; Klimo, O.; Jirka, M.; Valenta, P.; Bulanov, S.V. High-Quality Laser-Accelerated Ion Beams from Structured Targets. Photonics 2023, 10, 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10010061

AMA Style

Matys M, Psikal J, Nishihara K, Klimo O, Jirka M, Valenta P, Bulanov SV. High-Quality Laser-Accelerated Ion Beams from Structured Targets. Photonics. 2023; 10(1):61. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10010061

Chicago/Turabian Style

Matys, Martin, Jan Psikal, Katsunobu Nishihara, Ondrej Klimo, Martin Jirka, Petr Valenta, and Sergei V. Bulanov. 2023. "High-Quality Laser-Accelerated Ion Beams from Structured Targets" Photonics 10, no. 1: 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10010061

APA Style

Matys, M., Psikal, J., Nishihara, K., Klimo, O., Jirka, M., Valenta, P., & Bulanov, S. V. (2023). High-Quality Laser-Accelerated Ion Beams from Structured Targets. Photonics, 10(1), 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10010061

Note that from the first issue of 2016, this journal uses article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here.

Article Metrics

Back to TopTop