Nature Communications (Feb 2018)
Near-100 MeV protons via a laser-driven transparency-enhanced hybrid acceleration scheme
- A. Higginson,
- R. J. Gray,
- M. King,
- R. J. Dance,
- S. D. R. Williamson,
- N. M. H. Butler,
- R. Wilson,
- R. Capdessus,
- C. Armstrong,
- J. S. Green,
- S. J. Hawkes,
- P. Martin,
- W. Q. Wei,
- S. R. Mirfayzi,
- X. H. Yuan,
- S. Kar,
- M. Borghesi,
- R. J. Clarke,
- D. Neely,
- P. McKenna
Affiliations
- A. Higginson
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- R. J. Gray
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- M. King
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- R. J. Dance
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- S. D. R. Williamson
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- N. M. H. Butler
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- R. Wilson
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- R. Capdessus
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- C. Armstrong
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- J. S. Green
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- S. J. Hawkes
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- P. Martin
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
- W. Q. Wei
- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas and CICIFSA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- S. R. Mirfayzi
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
- X. H. Yuan
- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas and CICIFSA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- S. Kar
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- M. Borghesi
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
- R. J. Clarke
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- D. Neely
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- P. McKenna
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03063-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
It is a challenge to scale up laser-ion acceleration to higher ion energies. Here the authors demonstrate a hybrid acceleration scheme based on the relativistic induced transparency mechanism using linearly polarised laser interaction with foil targets and its future implication in using high power lasers.
