Nature Communications (Sep 2016)
Towards optical polarization control of laser-driven proton acceleration in foils undergoing relativistic transparency
- Bruno Gonzalez-Izquierdo,
- Martin King,
- Ross J. Gray,
- Robbie Wilson,
- Rachel J. Dance,
- Haydn Powell,
- David A. Maclellan,
- John McCreadie,
- Nicholas M. H. Butler,
- Steve Hawkes,
- James S. Green,
- Chris D. Murphy,
- Luca C. Stockhausen,
- David C. Carroll,
- Nicola Booth,
- Graeme G. Scott,
- Marco Borghesi,
- David Neely,
- Paul McKenna
Affiliations
- Bruno Gonzalez-Izquierdo
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- Martin King
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- Ross J. Gray
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- Robbie Wilson
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- Rachel J. Dance
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- Haydn Powell
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- David A. Maclellan
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- John McCreadie
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- Nicholas M. H. Butler
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- Steve Hawkes
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- James S. Green
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Chris D. Murphy
- Department of Physics, University of York
- Luca C. Stockhausen
- Centro de Láseres Pulsados (CLPU), M5 Parque Científico
- David C. Carroll
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Nicola Booth
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Graeme G. Scott
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- Marco Borghesi
- Centre for Plasma Physics, Queens University Belfast
- David Neely
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- Paul McKenna
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12891
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Intense laser pulse interaction with ultra-thin foils constitutes a promising approach for proton acceleration. Here the authors show that the degree of ellipticity in the laser beam polarization can be used to control the proton beam profile.
