Scientific Reports (Feb 2022)
Robustness of large-area suspended graphene under interaction with intense laser
- Y. Kuramitsu,
- T. Minami,
- T. Hihara,
- K. Sakai,
- T. Nishimoto,
- S. Isayama,
- Y. T. Liao,
- K. T. Wu,
- W. Y. Woon,
- S. H. Chen,
- Y. L. Liu,
- S. M. He,
- C. Y. Su,
- M. Ota,
- S. Egashira,
- A. Morace,
- Y. Sakawa,
- Y. Abe,
- H. Habara,
- R. Kodama,
- L. N. K. Döhl,
- N. Woolsey,
- M. Koenig,
- H. S. Kumar,
- N. Ohnishi,
- M. Kanasaki,
- T. Asai,
- T. Yamauchi,
- K. Oda,
- Ko. Kondo,
- H. Kiriyama,
- Y. Fukuda
Affiliations
- Y. Kuramitsu
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- T. Minami
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- T. Hihara
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- K. Sakai
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- T. Nishimoto
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- S. Isayama
- Department of Physics, National Central University
- Y. T. Liao
- Department of Physics, National Central University
- K. T. Wu
- Department of Physics, National Central University
- W. Y. Woon
- Department of Physics, National Central University
- S. H. Chen
- Department of Physics, National Central University
- Y. L. Liu
- Department of Physics, National Central University
- S. M. He
- Graduate Institute of Energy Engineering, National Central University
- C. Y. Su
- Graduate Institute of Energy Engineering, National Central University
- M. Ota
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
- S. Egashira
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
- A. Morace
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
- Y. Sakawa
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
- Y. Abe
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- H. Habara
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- R. Kodama
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- L. N. K. Döhl
- Department of Physics, York Plasma Institute, University of York
- N. Woolsey
- Department of Physics, York Plasma Institute, University of York
- M. Koenig
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- H. S. Kumar
- Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University
- N. Ohnishi
- Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University
- M. Kanasaki
- Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University
- T. Asai
- Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University
- T. Yamauchi
- Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University
- K. Oda
- Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University
- Ko. Kondo
- Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
- H. Kiriyama
- Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
- Y. Fukuda
- Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06055-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Abstract Graphene is known as an atomically thin, transparent, highly electrically and thermally conductive, light-weight, and the strongest 2D material. We investigate disruptive application of graphene as a target of laser-driven ion acceleration. We develop large-area suspended graphene (LSG) and by transferring graphene layer by layer we control the thickness with precision down to a single atomic layer. Direct irradiations of the LSG targets generate MeV protons and carbons from sub-relativistic to relativistic laser intensities from low contrast to high contrast conditions without plasma mirror, evidently showing the durability of graphene.
