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Ion acceleration by an electrostatic field in the interaction between femtosecond laser pulses and solid targets

  • Quan Li Dong*
  • , Jie Zhang
  • , Tian Jiao Liang
  • , Ping Zhang
  • , Li Ming Chen
  • , Xiao Wei Tang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • CAS - Institute of Physics
  • CAS - Institute of High Energy Physics

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Abstract

We have studied the ion emission in the interaction between femtosecond laser pulses and solid targets by experiments and particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. We found experimentally that almost all of the fast ions are confined within a cone symmetrically around the normal direction of targets. The PIC simulation results demonstrate that the fast ion beam can be accelerated by the laser-induced electrostatic field in front of solid targets.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)796-798
Number of pages3
JournalChinese Physics Letters
Volume18
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2001
Externally publishedYes

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