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TY - CONF
AU - Vladisavlevici, I.M.
AU - Vizman, D.
AU - d’Humières, E.
ED - Zimmermann, Frank
ED - Tanaka, Hitoshi
ED - Sudmuang, Porntip
ED - Klysubun, Prapong
ED - Sunwong, Prapaiwan
ED - Chanwattana, Thakonwat
ED - Petit-Jean-Genaz, Christine
ED - Schaa, Volker R.W.
TI - Theoretical Study of Laser Energy Absorption Towards Energetic Proton and Electron Sources
J2 - Proc. of IPAC2022, Bangkok, Thailand, 12-17 June 2022
CY - Bangkok, Thailand
T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference
T3 - 13
LA - english
AB - Our main goal is to describe and model the energy transfer from laser to particles, from the transparent to less transparent regime of laser-plasma interaction in the ultra-high intensity regime, and using the results obtained to optimize laser ion acceleration. We investigate the case of an ultra high intensity (10²² W/cm²) ultra short (20 fs) laser pulse interacting with a near-critical density plasma made of electrons and protons of density 5 n_{c} (where n_{c} = 1.1·10²¹ cm⁻³ is the critical density for a laser wavelength of 1 µm). Through 2D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations, we study the optimal target thickness for the maximum conversion efficiency of the laser energy to particles. Theoretical modelling of the predominant laser-plasma interaction mechanisms predicts the particle energy and conversion efficiency optimization. Our studies led to an optimization of the target thickness for maximizing electron and proton acceleration.
PB - JACoW Publishing
CP - Geneva, Switzerland
SP - 1737
EP - 1740
DA - 2022/07
PY - 2022
SN - 2673-5490
SN - 978-3-95450-227-1
DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-WEPOST021
UR - https://jacow.org/ipac2022/papers/wepost021.pdf
ER -