Ion Acceleration - Target Normal Sheath Acceleration
arXiv:1705.10569 · doi:10.5170/CERN-2016-001.231
Abstract
Energetic ions have been observed since the very first laser-plasma experiments.Their origin was found to be the charge separation of electrons heated by thelaser, which transfers energy to the ions accelerated in the field. The adventof ultra-intense lasers with pulse lengths in the femtosecond regime resulted inthe discovery of very energetic ions with characteristics quite different fromthose driven by long-pulse lasers. Discovered in the late 1990s, these ion beamshave become the focus of intense research worldwide, because of their uniqueproperties and high particle numbers. Based on their non-isotropic, beam-likebehaviour, which is always perpendicular to the emitting surface, theacceleration mechanism is called target normal sheath acceleration (TNSA). Weaddress the physics of the mechanism and its dependence on laser and targetparameters. Techniques to explore and diagnose the beams, to make them usefulfor applications, are also addressed.
40 pages, contribution to the CAS - CERN Accelerator School: Plasma Wake Acceleration, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 23 - 29 Nov 2014
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