Speaker
Stepan Bulanov
Description
See the full Abstract at http://ocs.ciemat.es/EPS2018ABS/pdf/P2.2008.pdf
Enhancing laser ion acceleration by using advanced target designs
S. S. Bulanov1, J. Park1, Q. Ji1, S. Steinke1, T. Schenkel1,
C. B. Schroeder1, E. Esarey1, W. P. Leemans1
1 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
The ion acceleration is considered one of the main applications of the high power laser
systems that are being projected, built, and already operational around the world. The laser
driven ion acceleration is not only attractive from the point of view of potential applications
of high energy ion beams, but also from the point of view of investigations of fundamental
aspects of laser-matter interaction and advanced concepts of particle acceleration. It is well
understood that different mechanisms of the laser ion acceleration have its own limitations,
connected with either some fundamental properties of the laser-matter interaction,
developments of instabilities, or a finite parameter range, where they can operate. Some of
these limitations can be compensated by pulse tailoring or advanced target design. In this
paper we present several concepts of composite targets with the aim of enhancing the
properties of Radiation Pressure Acceleration and Magnetic Vortex Acceleration
mechanisms.
