Controllable laser ion beam generation. (May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kamiyama, D; Takano, M; Nagashima, T; Barada, D; Gu, Y J; Li, X F; Kong, Q; Wang, P X; Kawata, S
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 717(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-05
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012065
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: In intense-laser plasma interaction, several issues still remain to be solved for a future laser particle acceleration. In this paper we focus on a bunching of ion beam, which is preaccelerated by a strong electric field generated in a laser plasma interaction. In this study, a nearcritical-density plasma target is illuminated by an intense short laser pulse. A moving strong inductive electric field is generated inside of the target. We have successfully obtained a bunched ion beam in our particle-in-cell simulations in this paper.