Spectral control in quasi-monoenergetic proton generation with double foil target

@article{citeulike:2892763, abstract = {Quasi-monoenergetic protons are generated from double foil target irradiated by two ultra-short intense laser pulses in one-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. This approach uses the second laser pulse on the second foil to generate an electrostatic field to modulate exponential energy spectrum of protons generated by the first laser pulse onto the first foil. The peak energy of the quasi-monoenergetic protons can be tuned by the delay time of the second pulse to the first pulse. Simulation results show that when the second laser is incident earlier, the quasi-monoenergetic protons have higher energy.}, author = {Zheng, J. and Mima, K. and Sheng, Z. M. and Li, Y. T. }, citeulike-article-id = {2892763}, doi = {10.1088/1742-6596/112/4/042035}, issn = {1742-6596}, journal = {J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.}, keywords = {1d, beam, control, double-foil, double-pulse, laser, monoenergetic, particle-in-cell, pic, proton, simulation, spectral, target}, number = {4}, pages = {042035+}, posted-at = {2008-06-30 17:52:29}, priority = {4}, publisher = {Institute of Physics Publishing}, title = {Spectral control in quasi-monoenergetic proton generation with double foil target}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/112/4/042035}, volume = {112}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2892763 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2892763 TI - Spectral control in quasi-monoenergetic proton generation with double foil target JF - J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. VL - 112 IS - 4 SP - 042035 PB - Institute of Physics Publishing SN - 1742-6596 N2 - Quasi-monoenergetic protons are generated from double foil target irradiated by two ultra-short intense laser pulses in one-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. This approach uses the second laser pulse on the second foil to generate an electrostatic field to modulate exponential energy spectrum of protons generated by the first laser pulse onto the first foil. The peak energy of the quasi-monoenergetic protons can be tuned by the delay time of the second pulse to the first pulse. Simulation results show that when the second laser is incident earlier, the quasi-monoenergetic protons have higher energy. KW - 1d KW - beam KW - control KW - double-foil KW - double-pulse KW - laser KW - monoenergetic KW - particle-in-cell KW - pic KW - proton KW - simulation KW - spectral KW - target AU - Zheng, J AU - Mima, K AU - Sheng, ZM AU - Li, YT PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/112/4/042035 ER -