Published February 2016 | Version v1
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Investigation on target normal sheath acceleration through measurements of ions energy distribution

Creators

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Catania, Via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania (Italy)
  • 3. Università degli Studi di Enna "Kore," Via delle Olimpiadi, 94100 Enna (Italy)
  • 4. Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Messina, Viale F.S. D'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina (Italy)
  • 5. Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova (Italy)
  • 6. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory, Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa (Italy)
  • 7. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa (Italy)

Description

An experimental campaign aiming at investigating the ion acceleration mechanisms through laser-matter interaction in femtosecond domain has been carried out at the Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory facility with a laser intensity of up to 2 × 1019 W/cm2. A Thomson parabola spectrometer was used to obtain the spectra of the ions of the different species accelerated. Here, we show the energy spectra of light-ions and we discuss their dependence on structural characteristics of the target and the role of surface and target bulk in the acceleration process

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.4934691;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Review of Scientific Instruments
Journal Volume
87
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
0034-6748
CODEN
RSINAK

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47052891
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; ENERGY SPECTRA; LASER RADIATION; LASERS; LIGHT IONS; PARABOLAS; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACES
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATIONS; SHAPE; SPECTRA

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