Scalings for narrow-band MeV proton beams from laser plasmas
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Pfotenhauer, S. M.; Jackel, O.; Polz, J.; Schlenvoigt, H.-P.; Kaluza, M.C.; Schwoerer, H.; Robinson, A.P.L.; Gibbon, P.; Sauerbrey, R.; Ledingham, K.W.D.
- Source
- 2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on. :1-2 May, 2008
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Narrowband
Particle beams
Protons
Acceleration
Laser ablation
Laser theory
Plasma accelerators
Plasma applications
Plasma sheaths
Reproducibility of results
(270.6620) Strong-field processes
(350.5400) Plasmas
(350.4990) Particles
- Language
Monoenergetic proton beams were obtained from laser-plasma interactions with unprecedented reproducibility. From hundreds of spectra, we derive an empirical scaling law between proton peak position and laser energy. The results are supported PIC simulations.