Radiation induced acceleration of ions in a laser irradiated transparent foil\n

0549635 - FZÚ 2022 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Gelfer, Evgeny - Fedotov, A.M. - Weber, Stefan A.
Radiation induced acceleration of ions in a laser irradiated transparent foil
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New Journal of Physics. Roč. 23, č. 9 (2021), č. článku 095002. ISSN 1367-2630. E-ISSN 1367-2630
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT EF16_019/0000789; GA MŠMT EF15_003/0000449
Grant - others:OP VVV - ADONIS(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000789; OP VVV - HiFi(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000449
Research Infrastructure: ELI Beamlines III - 90141
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : ion acceleration * radiation-reaction * relativistic transparency * radiation friction * radiation pressure * laser plasma * charge separation * ion acceleration
OECD category: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Impact factor: 3.716, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Open access

Radiation friction can have a substantial impact on electron dynamics in a transparent target exposed to a strong laser pulse. In particular, by modifying quiver electron motion, it can strongly enhance the longitudinal charge separation field, thus inducing ion acceleration. We present a model and simulation results for such a radiation induced ion acceleration regime and study the scalings of the maximal attainable and average ion energies with respect to the laser and target parameters. We also compare the performance of this mechanism to the conventional ones.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0325596