Nature Communications (Feb 2016)
Picosecond metrology of laser-driven proton bursts
- B. Dromey,
- M. Coughlan,
- L. Senje,
- M. Taylor,
- S. Kuschel,
- B. Villagomez-Bernabe,
- R. Stefanuik,
- G. Nersisyan,
- L. Stella,
- J. Kohanoff,
- M. Borghesi,
- F. Currell,
- D. Riley,
- D. Jung,
- C.-G. Wahlström,
- C.L.S. Lewis,
- M. Zepf
Affiliations
- B. Dromey
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
- M. Coughlan
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
- L. Senje
- Department of Physics, Lund University
- M. Taylor
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
- S. Kuschel
- Helmholtz-Institut Jena
- B. Villagomez-Bernabe
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
- R. Stefanuik
- School of Physics, University College Dublin
- G. Nersisyan
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
- L. Stella
- Atomistic Simulation Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
- J. Kohanoff
- Atomistic Simulation Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
- M. Borghesi
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
- F. Currell
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
- D. Riley
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
- D. Jung
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
- C.-G. Wahlström
- Department of Physics, Lund University
- C.L.S. Lewis
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
- M. Zepf
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10642
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 6
Abstract
Experimental investigations of the response of matter to ionization would require extremely fast ion pump pulses. Here, the authors explore a different approach observing ionisation dynamics in SiO2glass by generating synchronized proton pulses from the interaction of high-power lasers on a solid target.
