Ion Acceleration Articles

 

  1. M. Burza, A. Gonoskov, G. Genoud, A. Persson, K. Svensson, M. Quinn, P. McKenna, M. Marklund, and C-G Wahlström, "Hollow microspheres as targets for staged laser-driven proton acceleration", New J. Phys. 13, 013030 (2011). Abstract
  2. J. S. Green, M. Borghesi, C. M. Brenner, D. C. Carroll, N. P. Dover, P. S. Foster, P. Gallegos, S. Green, D. Kirby, K. J. Kirkby, P. McKenna, M. J. Merchant, Z. Najmudin, C. A. J. Palmer, D. Parker, R. Prasad, K. E. Quinn, P. P. Rajeev, M. P. Read, L. Romagnani, J. Schreiber, M. J. V. Streeter, O. Tresca, C.-G. Wahlström, M. Zepf, and David Neely, "Scintillator-based ion beam profiler for diagnosing laser-accelerated ion beams", Proc. SPIE 8079, 807919 (2011). Abstract
  3. M. Borghesi, S. Kar, R. Prasad, F. K. Kakolee, K. Quinn, H. Ahmed, G. Sarri, B. Ramakrishna, B. Qiao, M. Geissler, S. Ter-Avetisyan, M. Zepf, G. Schettino, B. Stevens, M. Tolley, A. Ward, J. Green, P. S. Foster, C. Spindloe, P. Gallegos, A.. L. Robinson, D. Neely, D. C. Carroll, O. Tresca, X. Yuan, M. Quinn, P. McKenna, N. Dover, C. Palmer, J. Schreiber, Z. Najmudin, I. Sari, M. Kraft, M. Merchant, J. C. Jeynes, K. Kirkby, F. Fiorini, D. Kirby, and S. Green, "Ion source development and radiobiology applications within the LIBRA project", Proc. SPIE 8079, 80791E (2011). Abstract
  4. K. Markey, P. McKenna, C. M. Brenner, D. C. Carroll, M. M. Günther, K. Harres, S. Kar, K. Lancaster, F. Nürnberg, M. N. Quinn, A. P. L. Robinson, M. Roth, M. Zepf, and D. Neely, "Spectral Enhancement in the Double Pulse Regime of Laser Proton Acceleration", Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 195008 (2010). Abstract
  5. D. Batani, R. Jafer, M. Veltcheva, R. Dezulian, O. Lundh, F. Lindau, A. Persson, K. Osvay, C.-G. Wahlström, D. C. Carroll, P. McKenna, A. Flacco and V. Malka, "Effects of laser prepulses on laser-induced proton generation", New J. Phys. 12, 045018 (2010). Abstract  
  6. D. C. Carroll, O. Tresca, R. Prasad, L. Romagnani, P. S. Foster, P. Gallegos, S. Ter-Avetisyan, J. S. Green, M. Streeter, N. Dover, C. Palmer, C. Brenner, F. H. Cameron, K. Quinn, J. Schreiber, Z. Najmudin, M. Zepf, D. Neely, M. Borghesi and P. McKenna, "Carbon ion acceleration from thin foil targets irradiated by ultrahigh contrast, ultraintense laser pulses", New J. Phys. 12, 045020 (2010). Abstract
  7. J. S. Green, D. C. Carroll, B. Dromey, P. S. Foster, S. Kar, Y. T. Li, K. Markey, P. McKenna, A. P. L. Robinson. M. J. V. Streeter, M. Tolley, C-G. Wahlstrom, M. H. Xu, M. Zepf and D. Neely, "Enhanced proton flux in the MeV range by defocused laser irradiation", New J. Phys. 12, 085012 (2010). Abstract
  8. D. C. Carroll, P. A. Brummitt, D. Neely, F. Lindau, O. Lundh, C. G. Wahlstrom and P. McKenna,
    "A modified Thomson parabola spectrometer for high resolution multi-MeV ion measurements - application to laser-driven ion acceleration", Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A 620, 23 (2010). Abstract
  9. I.V. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, M. Polyanskiy, P. Shkolnikov, M. Ispiryan, D. Neely, P. McKenna, D. Carroll, Z. Najmudin and L. Willingale, "Ultrafast CO2 laser technology: Application in ion acceleration", Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A 620, 67 (2010). Abstract
  10. D. Batani, R. Jafer, R. Redaelli, R. Dezulian, O. Lundh, F. Lindau, A. Persson, K. Osvay, C.-G. Wahlström, D.C. Carroll, P. McKenna, A. Flacco, V. Malka and M. Veltcheva, "Effects of laser prepulse on proton generation", Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A 620, 76 (2010). Abstract
  11. K. Quinn, P. A. Wilson, C. A. Cecchetti, B. Ramakrishna, L. Romagnani, G. Sarri, L. Lancia, J. Fuchs, A. Pipahl, T. Toncian, O. Willi, R. J. Clarke, D. Neely, M. Notley, P. Gallegos, D. C. Carroll, M. N. Quinn, X. H. Yuan, P. McKenna, T. V. Liseykina, A. Macchi, and M. Borghesi "Laser-Driven Ultrafast Field Propagation on Solid Surfaces" Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 194801 (2009).
  12. F. Nurnberg, M. Schollmeier, E. Brambrink, A. Blaževic, D. C. Carroll, K. Flippo, D. C. Gautier, M. Geißel, K. Harres, B. M. Hegelich, O. Lundh, K. Markey, P. McKenna, D. Neely, J. Schreiber, and M. Roth "Radiochromic film imaging spectroscopy of laser-accelerated proton beams" Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 033301 (2009).
  13. K. Quinn, P. A. Wilson, B. Ramakrishna, L. Romagnani, G. Sarri, C. A. Cecchetti, L. Lancia, J. Fuchs, A. Pipahl, T. Toncian, O. Willi, R. J. Clarke, D. Neely, M. Notley, P. Gallegos, D. C. Carroll, M. N. Quinn, X. H. Yuan, P. McKenna, and M. Borghesi, "Modified proton radiography arrangement for the detection of ultrafast field fronts", Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 113506 (2009). Abstract
  14. A. P. L. Robinson, P. Foster, D. Adams, D. C. Carroll, B. Dromey, S. Hawkes, S. Kar, Y. T. Li, K. Markey, P. McKenna, C. Spindloe, M. Streeter, C.-G. Wahlström, M. H. Xu, M. Zepf and D. Neely "Spectral modification of laser-accelerated proton beams by self-generated magnetic fields", New J. Phys. 11, 083018 (2009).
  15. D. C. Carroll, D. Batani, R. G. Evans, Y. Glinec, C. Homann, R. Jafer, S. Kar, F. Lindau, O. Lundh, K. Markey, D. Neely, F. Nürnberg, A. Persson, M. N. Quinn, A. P. L. Robinson, M. Roth, C.-G. Wahlström, X. Yuan, M. Zepf, and P. McKenna "Dynamic control and enhancement of laser-accelerated protons using multiple laser pulses" C. R. Physique 10, 188 (2009).
  16. S. Kar, K. Markey, P. T. Simpson, C. Bellei, J. S. Green, S. R. Nagel, S. Kneip, D. C. Carroll, B. Dromey, L. Willingale, E. L. Clark, P. McKenna, Z. Najmudin, K. Krushelnick, P. Norreys, R. J. Clarke, D. Neely, M. Borghesi, and M. Zepf "Dynamic Control of Laser-Produced Proton Beams" Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 105004 (2008).
  17. O. Lundh, Y. Glinec, C. Homann, F. Lindau, A. Persson, C.-G. Wahlström, D. C. Carroll and P. McKenna "Active steering of laser-accelerated ion beams" Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 011504 (2008).
  18. S. M. Pfotenhauer, O. Jäckel, A. Sachtleben, J. Polz, W. Ziegler, H.-P. Schlenvoigt, K.-U. Amthor, M. C. Kaluza, K. W. D. Ledingham, R. Sauerbrey, P. Gibbon, A. P. L. Robinson and H. Schwoerer "Spectral shaping of laser generated proton beams" New J. Phys. 10, 033034 (2008).
  19. P. McKenna, D. C. Carroll, O. Lundh, F. Nurnberg, K. Markey, S. Bandyopadhyay, D. Batani, R. G. Evans, R. Jafer, S. Kar, D. Neely, D. Pepler, M. N. Quinn, R. Redaelli, M. Roth, C.-G. Wahlstrom, X. H. Yuan, and M. Zepf "Effects of front surface plasma expansion on proton acceleration in ultraintense laser irradiation of foil targets" Laser Part. Beams 26, 591 (2008).
  20. P. McKenna, D. C. Carroll, R. J. Clarke, R. G. Evans, K. W. D. Ledingham, F. Lindau, O. Lundh, T. McCanny, D. Neely, A. P. L. Robinson, L. Robson, P. T. Simpson, C.-G. Wahlström, and M. Zepf "Lateral Electron Transport in High-Intensity Laser-Irradiated Foils Diagnosed by Ion Emission" Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 145001 (2007).
  21. L. Robson, P. T. Simpson, R. J. Clarke, K. W. D. Ledingham, F. Lindau, O. Lundh, T. McCanny, P. Mora, D. Neely, C.-G. Wahlström, M. Zepf, and P. McKenna "Scaling of proton acceleration driven by petawatt-laser–plasma interactions" Nature Physics 3, 58 (2007).
  22. D. Neely, P. Foster, A. Robinson, F. Lindau, O. Lundh, A. Persson, C.-G. Wahlström, and P. McKenna "Enhanced proton beams from ultrathin targets driven by high contrast laser pulses" Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 021502 (2006). PDF
  23. H. Schwoerer, S. Pfotenhauer, O. Jäckel, K.-U. Amthor, B. Liesfeld, W. Ziegler, R. Sauerbrey, K. W. D. Ledingham, and T. Esirkepov "Laser-plasma acceleration of quasi-monoenergetic protons from microstructured targets" Nature 439, 445 (2006).
  24. J. T. Mendonça, P. Norreys, R. Bingham, and J. R. Davies "Beam Instabilities in Laser-Plasma Interaction: Relevance to Preferential Ion Heating" Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 245002 (2005). PDF
  25. H. Habara, K. L. Lancaster, S. Karsch, C. D. Murphy, P. A. Norreys, R. G. Evans, M. Borghesi, L. Romagnani, M. Zepf, T. Norimatsu, Y. Toyama, R. Kodama, J. A.King, R. Snavely, K. Akli, B. Zhang, R. Freeman, S. Hatchett, A. J. MacKinnon, P.Patel, M. H. Key, C. Stoeckl, R. B. Stephens, R. A. Fonseca, and L. O. Silva "Ion acceleration from the shock front induced by hole boring in ultraintense laser-plasma interactions" Phys. Rev. E 70, 046414 (2004). PDF
  26. M. S. Wei, S. P. D. Mangles, Z. Najmudin, B. Walton, A. Gopal, M. Tatarakis, A. E. Dangor, E. L. Clark, R. G. Evans, S. Fritzler, R. J. Clarke, C. Hernandez-Gomez, D. Neely, W. Mori, M. Tzoufras and K. Krushelnick "Ion Acceleration by Collisionless Shocks in High-Intensity-Laser–Underdense-Plasma Interaction" Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 155003 (2004). PDF
  27. S. Fritzler, Z. Najmudin, V. Malka, K. Krushelnick, C. Marle, B. Walton, M. S. Wei, R. J. Clarke, and A. E. Dangor "Ion heating and thermonuclear neutron production from high-intensity sub-picosecond laser pulses interacting with underdense plasmas" Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 165004 (2002). PDF
  28. K. Krushelnick, E. Clark, R. Allott, F. N. Beg, C. Danson, A. Machacek, V. Malka, Z. Najmudin, D. Neely, P. A. Norreys, M. Salvati, M. I. K. Santala, M. Tatarakis, I. Watts, M. Zepf and A. E. Dangor "Ultra high intensity laser-produced plasmas as a compact heavy ion injection source" IEEE Trans Plasma Sci. 28, 1110 (2000). PDF
  29. K. Krushelnick, E. Clark, Z. Najmudin, M. Salvati, M. I. K. Santala, M. Tatarakis, A. E. Dangor, V. Malka, D. Neely, R. Allott and C. Danson "Multi-MeV ion production from high intensity laser interactions with underdense plasmas" Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 737 (1999). PDF
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