Monoenergetic ion beams from ultrathin foils irradiated by ultrahigh-contrast circularly polarized laser pulses
Acceleration of ions from ultrathin foils irradiated by intense circularly polarized laser pulses is investigated using one- and two-dimensional particle simulations. A circularly polarized laser wave heats the electrons much less efficiently than the wave of linear polarization and the ion accelera...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2008-03-01
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| Series: | Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.11.031301 |