Laser polarization dependence of proton emission from a thin foil target irradiated by a 70fs, intense laser pulse

A study of proton emission from a 3-μm-thick Ta foil target irradiated by p-, s-, and circularly polarized laser pulses with respect to the target plane has been carried out. Protons with energies up to 880keV were observed in the target normal direction under the irradiation by the p-polarized lase...

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Published in:Physics of plasmas 2005-10, Vol.12 (10)
Main Authors: Fukumi, A., Nishiuchi, M., Daido, H., Li, Z., Sagisaka, A., Ogura, K., Orimo, S., Kado, M., Hayashi, Y., Mori, M., Bulanov, S. V., Esirkepov, T., Nemoto, K., Oishi, Y., Nayuki, T., Fujii, T., Noda, A., Nakamura, S.
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Language:English
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Summary:A study of proton emission from a 3-μm-thick Ta foil target irradiated by p-, s-, and circularly polarized laser pulses with respect to the target plane has been carried out. Protons with energies up to 880keV were observed in the target normal direction under the irradiation by the p-polarized laser pulse, which yielded the highest efficiency for proton emission. In contrast, s- and circularly polarized laser pulses gave the maximum energies of 610 and 680keV, respectively. The difference in the maximum energy between the p- and s-polarized cases was associated with the difference between the sheath fields estimated from electron spectra.
ISSN:1070-664X
1089-7674
DOI:10.1063/1.2074988