Ion acceleration with radiation pressure in quantum electrodynamic regimes

Dario Del Sorbo; David R. Blackman; Remi Capdessus; Kristina Small; Cody Slade-Lowther; Wen Luo; Matthew J. Duff; Alexander P. L. Robinson; Paul McKenna; Zheng-Ming Sheng; John Pasley; Christopher P. Ridgers

doi:10.1117/12.2271137

17 May 2017 Ion acceleration with radiation pressure in quantum electrodynamic regimes

Dario Del Sorbo, David R. Blackman, Remi Capdessus, Kristina Small, Cody Slade-Lowther, Wen Luo, Matthew J. Duff, Alexander P. L. Robinson, Paul McKenna, Zheng-Ming Sheng, John Pasley, Christopher P. Ridgers

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Proceedings Volume 10241, Research Using Extreme Light: Entering New Frontiers with Petawatt-Class Lasers III; 102411I (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2271137
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic

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The radiation pressure of next generation high-intensity lasers could efficiently accelerate ions to GeV energies. However, nonlinear quantum-electrodynamic effects play an important role in the interaction of these lasers with matter. We show that these quantum-electrodynamic effects lead to the production of a critical density pair-plasma which completely absorbs the laser pulse and consequently reduces the accelerated ion energy and efficiency by 30-50%.

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Dario Del Sorbo, David R. Blackman, Remi Capdessus, Kristina Small, Cody Slade-Lowther, Wen Luo, Matthew J. Duff, Alexander P. L. Robinson, Paul McKenna, Zheng-Ming Sheng, John Pasley, and Christopher P. Ridgers "Ion acceleration with radiation pressure in quantum electrodynamic regimes", Proc. SPIE 10241, Research Using Extreme Light: Entering New Frontiers with Petawatt-Class Lasers III, 102411I (17 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2271137

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