Studies of near-critical density laser plasma interactions for ion acceleration
This thesis presents experimental research, complemented by numerical particle-in-cell simulations, studying the interaction of a high power CO2 laser with near-critical density plasmas. The experiments all occurred around relativistic intensities, a0 ≃ 1, where radiation pressure effects are import...
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Imperial College London
2017
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.739658 |