Collisionless shocks driven by 800-nm laser pulses generate high-energy carbon ions

H. Zhang; B. F. Shen; W. P. Wang; Y. Xu; Y. Q. Liu; X. Y. Liang; Y. X. Leng; R. X. Li; X. Q. Yan; J. E. Chen; Z. Z. Xu

doi:10.1063/1.4907194

Collisionless shocks driven by 800-nm laser pulses generate high-energy carbon ions

H. Zhang
, B. F. Shen
, W. P. Wang
, Y. Xu
, Y. Q. Liu
, X. Y. Liang
, Y. X. Leng
, R. X. Li
, X. Q. Yan
, J. E. Chen
, Z. Z. Xu

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We present experimental studies on ion acceleration from diamond-like carbon (DLC) foils irradiated by 800-nm, linearly polarized laser pulses with peak intensity of 1.7-×-10^19-W/cm² to 3.5 × 10^19-W/cm² at oblique incidence. Diamond-like carbon foils are heated by the prepulse of a high-contrast laser pulse and expand to form plasmas of near-critical density caused by thermal effect before the arrival of the main pulse. It is demonstrated that carbon ions are accelerated by a collisionless shock wave in slightly overdense plasma excited by forward-moving hot electrons generated by the main pulse.

Original language	English
Article number	013113
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4907194
State	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Collisionless shocks driven by 800-nm laser pulses generate high-energy carbon ions

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