A cascaded laser acceleration scheme for the generation of spectrally controlled proton beams

We present a novel, cascaded acceleration scheme for the generation of spectrally controlled ion beams using a laser-based accelerator in a 'double-stage' setup. An MeV proton beam produced during a relativistic laser-plasma interaction on a thin foil target is spectrally shaped by a secon...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pfotenhauer, Sebastian Michael (Contributor), Jackel, O. (Author), Polz, J. (Author), Steinke, S. (Author), Schlenvoigt, H.-P (Author), Heymann, J. (Author), Robinson, A. P. L. (Author), Kaluza, M. C. (Author)
Other Authors: MIT-Portugal Program (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2012-05-04T15:54:14Z.
Subjects:
Online Access:Get fulltext
LEADER 01737 am a22003013u 4500
001 70501
042 |a dc 
100 1 0 |a Pfotenhauer, Sebastian Michael  |e author 
100 1 0 |a MIT-Portugal Program  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Pfotenhauer, Sebastian Michael  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Pfotenhauer, Sebastian Michael  |e contributor 
700 1 0 |a Jackel, O.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Polz, J.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Steinke, S.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Schlenvoigt, H.-P.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Heymann, J.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Robinson, A. P. L.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Kaluza, M. C.  |e author 
245 0 0 |a A cascaded laser acceleration scheme for the generation of spectrally controlled proton beams 
260 |b Institute of Physics Publishing,   |c 2012-05-04T15:54:14Z. 
856 |z Get fulltext  |u http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70501 
520 |a We present a novel, cascaded acceleration scheme for the generation of spectrally controlled ion beams using a laser-based accelerator in a 'double-stage' setup. An MeV proton beam produced during a relativistic laser-plasma interaction on a thin foil target is spectrally shaped by a secondary laser-plasma interaction on a separate foil, reliably creating well-separated quasi-monoenergetic features in the energy spectrum. The observed modulations are fully explained by a one-dimensional (1D) model supported by numerical simulations. These findings demonstrate that laser acceleration can, in principle, be applied in an additive manner. 
520 |a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG contract no. TR18) 
520 |a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (contract no. 03ZIK052) 
520 |a European Union (Laserlab Europe) 
546 |a en_US 
655 7 |a Article 
773 |t New Journal of Physics