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Ion energy measurements from the interaction of atomic and molecular clusters with intense femtosecond laser pulses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2001

E. SPRINGATE ,
J.W.G TISCH ,
N. HAY ,
E.T. GUMBRELL ,
M.H.R. HUTCHINSON  and
J.P. MARANGOS
E. SPRINGATE
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory Laser Consortium, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BZ UK
J.W.G TISCH
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory Laser Consortium, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BZ UK
N. HAY
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory Laser Consortium, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BZ UK
E.T. GUMBRELL
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory Laser Consortium, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BZ UK
M.H.R. HUTCHINSON
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory Laser Consortium, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BZ UK
J.P. MARANGOS
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory Laser Consortium, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BZ UK
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Abstract

We have measured multi-keV protons and ∼100 keV iodine ions from the interaction of intense, femtosecond laser pulses with atomic Xe clusters and mixed-species HI clusters. The explosion dynamics of the HI clusters differs from the pure H and I cluster cases, with the iodine energies being substantially reduced. Mixed-species clusters provide a possible route for boosting the explosion energies of low-Z ions, and extend the advantages of the laser-cluster interaction to species that do not readily form pure clusters.

Type
ULIA-1 CONFERENCE PAPERS
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , July 2000 , pp. 507 - 511
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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