Radiation pressure acceleration of thin foils with circularly polarized laser pulses

被引：556

作者：

Robinson, A. P. L. ^{[1
]}

Zepf, M. ^{[2
]}

Kar, S. ^{[2
]}

Evans, R. G. ^{[1
,3
]}

Bellei, C. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab, Cent Laser Facil, Chilton OX11 0QX, England

[2] Queens Univ Belfast, Dept Phys & Astron, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland

[3] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, Plasma Phys Grp, London SW7 2BZ, England

来源：

NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS | 2008年 / 10卷

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D O I：

10.1088/1367-2630/10/1/013021

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

A new regime is described for radiation pressure acceleration of a thin foil by an intense laser beam of above 10(20) W cm(-2). Highly monoenergetic proton beams extending to giga-electron-volt energies can be produced with very high efficiency using circularly polarized light. The proton beams have a very small divergence angle (< 4 degrees). This new method allows the construction of ultra-compact proton and ion accelerators with ultra-short particle bursts.

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