Acceleration of highly charged GeV Fe ions from a low-Z substrate by intense femtosecond laser

Almost fully stripped Fe ions accelerated up to 0.9 GeV are demonstrated with a 200 TW femtosecond high-intensity laser irradiating a micron-thick Al foil with Fe impurity on the surface. An energetic low-emittance high-density beam of heavy ions with a large charge-to-mass ratio can be obtained, wh...

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Published in:Physics of plasmas 2015-03, Vol.22 (3)
Main Authors: Nishiuchi, M., Sakaki, H., Esirkepov, T. Zh, Nishio, K., Pikuz, T. A., Faenov, A. Ya, Skobelev, I. Yu, Orlandi, R., Sako, H., Pirozhkov, A. S., Matsukawa, K., Sagisaka, A., Ogura, K., Kanasaki, M., Kiriyama, H., Fukuda, Y., Koura, H., Kando, M., Yamauchi, T., Watanabe, Y., Bulanov, S. V., Kondo, K., Imai, K., Nagamiya, S.
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Language:English
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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ACCELERATION
ALUMINIUM
FOILS
GEV RANGE
IMPURITIES
ION BEAMS
IRON IONS
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
LASERS
MASS
MULTICHARGED IONS
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Summary:Almost fully stripped Fe ions accelerated up to 0.9 GeV are demonstrated with a 200 TW femtosecond high-intensity laser irradiating a micron-thick Al foil with Fe impurity on the surface. An energetic low-emittance high-density beam of heavy ions with a large charge-to-mass ratio can be obtained, which is useful for many applications, such as a compact radio isotope source in combination with conventional technology.
ISSN:1070-664X
1089-7674
DOI:10.1063/1.4913434