Speaker
Dr
Alexander Soloviev
(Institute of Applied Physics of RAS)
Description
The work presents the experimental investigation of interaction between femtosecond sub-PW laser pulse with plasmas conducted at PEARL laser facility. The conditions of effective laser energy deposition into the solid target leading to TNSA proton beams with up to 43 MeV energy cut-off are experimentally realized. The characterization of the target conditions is achieved by combining X-ray spectrometry and proton spectra measurement. The ways to improve the maximal energy of the laser driven protons which are based on laser pulse contrast enhancement techniques are considered as well as application perspectives.
Primary authors
Dr
Alexander Soloviev
(Institute of Applied Physics of RAS)
Dr
K Burdonov
(Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS))
Dr
M Starodubtsev
(Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS))