Integrated laser-target interaction experiments on the RAL petawatt laser

被引:87
作者
Patel, PK [1 ]
Key, MH
Mackinnon, AJ
Berry, R
Borghesi, M
Chambers, DM
Chen, H
Clarke, R
Damian, C
Eagleton, R
Freeman, R
Glenzer, S
Gregori, G
Heathcote, R
Hey, D
Izumi, N
Kar, S
King, J
Nikroo, A
Niles, A
Park, HS
Pasley, J
Patel, N
Shepherd, R
Snavely, RA
Steinman, D
Stoeckl, C
Storm, M
Theobald, W
Town, R
Van Maren, R
Wilks, SC
Zhang, B
机构
[1] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
[2] Queens Univ Belfast, Dept Phys, Belfast BY7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland
[3] Atom Weapons Estab, Reading RG7 4PR, Berks, England
[4] CCLRC, Rutherford Appleton Lab, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[5] Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[6] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Appl Sci, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[7] Gen Atom Co, San Diego, CA 92186 USA
[8] Univ Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[9] Univ Rochester, Laser Energet Lab, Rochester, NY 14623 USA
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D O I
10.1088/0741-3335/47/12B/S65
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
We review a recent experimental campaign to study the interaction physics of petawatt laser pulses incident at relativistic intensities on solid targets. The campaign was performed on the 500 J sub-picosecond petawatt laser at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. An extensive suite of optical, x-ray, and particle diagnostics was employed to characterise the processes of laser absorption, electron generation and transport, thermal and K-alpha x-ray generation, and proton acceleration.
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页码:B833 / B840
页数:8
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