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Ultrafast Laser-Driven Microlens to Focus and Energy-Select Mega-Electron Volt Protons

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: We present a technique for simultaneous focusing and energy selection of high-current, mega-electron volt proton beams with the use of radial, transient electric fields (10(7) to 10(10) volts per meter) triggered on the inner walls of a hollow microcylinder by an intense subpicosecond laser pulse. Because of the transient nature of the focusing fields, the proposed method allows selection of a desired range out of the spectrum of the polyenergetic proton beam. This technique addresses current drawbacks of laser-accelerated proton beams, such as their broad spectrum and divergence at the source.

Source: Science

DOI: 10.1126/science.1124412

Authors: Toma Toncian, Marco Borghesi, Julien Fuchs, Emmanuel d'Humières, Patrizio Antici, Patrick Audebert, Erik Brambrink, Carlo Alberto Cecchetti, Ariane Pipahl, Lorenzo Romagnani, Oswald Willi

Institutions: Queen's University Belfast, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Polytechnique, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, Centre de Physique Théorique, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Language: English

Topic: Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2157314261

FWCI: 14.24

Cites: 28

Cited by: 321

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