Collisionless shock acceleration of narrow energy spread ion beams from mixed species plasmas using 1 $\mu$m lasers

A. Pak, S. Kerr, N. Lemos +15

Collisionless shock acceleration of protons and C${}^{6+}$ ions has been achieved by the interaction of a 10${}^{20}$ W/cm${}^2$, 1 $\mu$m laser with a near-critical density plasma. Ablati…