Stable laser-ion acceleration in the light sail regime
We present experimental results on ion acceleration with circularly polarized, ultrahigh contrast laser pulses focused to peak intensities of 5×10^{19} W cm^{-2} onto polymer targets of a few 10 nanometer thickness. We observed spatially and energetically separated protons and carbon ions that accu...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.16.011303 |