Nature Communications (Jan 2018)
Self-generated surface magnetic fields inhibit laser-driven sheath acceleration of high-energy protons
- M. Nakatsutsumi,
- Y. Sentoku,
- A. Korzhimanov,
- S. N. Chen,
- S. Buffechoux,
- A. Kon,
- B. Atherton,
- P. Audebert,
- M. Geissel,
- L. Hurd,
- M. Kimmel,
- P. Rambo,
- M. Schollmeier,
- J. Schwarz,
- M. Starodubtsev,
- L. Gremillet,
- R. Kodama,
- J. Fuchs
Affiliations
- M. Nakatsutsumi
- LULI—CNRS, École Polytechnique, CEA: Université Paris-Saclay; UPMC Univ Paris 06: Sorbonne Universités
- Y. Sentoku
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
- A. Korzhimanov
- Institute of Applied Physics
- S. N. Chen
- LULI—CNRS, École Polytechnique, CEA: Université Paris-Saclay; UPMC Univ Paris 06: Sorbonne Universités
- S. Buffechoux
- LULI—CNRS, École Polytechnique, CEA: Université Paris-Saclay; UPMC Univ Paris 06: Sorbonne Universités
- A. Kon
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
- B. Atherton
- Sandia National Laboratories
- P. Audebert
- LULI—CNRS, École Polytechnique, CEA: Université Paris-Saclay; UPMC Univ Paris 06: Sorbonne Universités
- M. Geissel
- Sandia National Laboratories
- L. Hurd
- LULI—CNRS, École Polytechnique, CEA: Université Paris-Saclay; UPMC Univ Paris 06: Sorbonne Universités
- M. Kimmel
- Sandia National Laboratories
- P. Rambo
- Sandia National Laboratories
- M. Schollmeier
- Sandia National Laboratories
- J. Schwarz
- Sandia National Laboratories
- M. Starodubtsev
- Institute of Applied Physics
- L. Gremillet
- CEA, DAM, DIF
- R. Kodama
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
- J. Fuchs
- LULI—CNRS, École Polytechnique, CEA: Université Paris-Saclay; UPMC Univ Paris 06: Sorbonne Universités
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02436-w
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Laser-generated ion acceleration has received increasing attention due to recent progress in super-intense lasers. Here the authors demonstrate the role of the self-generated magnetic field on the ion acceleration and limitations on the energy scaling with laser intensity.