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Modeling the ultra-high intensity laser pulse – cone target interaction for ion acceleration at CETAL facility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2017

O. Budrigă  and
E. D'Humières
O. Budrigă*
Affiliation:
Laser Department, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Măgurele, Romania
E. D'Humières
Affiliation:
Université de Bordeaux – CNRS – CEA, CELIA, Talence, France
*
*Address correspondence and reprint requests to: O. Budrigă, Laser Department, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Măgurele, Romania. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We study the interaction of an ultra-high intensity laser pulse with plastic flat-top cone targets with curved walls and cone targets with straight walls. We find the appropriate type, dimensions of the cone target, and the ultra-high intensity laser pulse parameters for which the accelerated ions have the maximum energy and their number is the highest for a lower angular divergence and a better laser absorption. This numerical study will allow one to prepare and optimize first laser-ion acceleration experiments on CETAL using micro-cone targets.

Keywords

Cone targetsLaser-ion accelerationUltra-high laser pulse
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , September 2017 , pp. 458 - 466
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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