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@ARTICLE{Qiao:15135,
author = {Qiao, B. and Zepf, M. and Gibbon, P. and Borghesi, M. and
Dromey, B. and Kar, S. and Schreiber, J. and Geissler, M.},
title = {{C}onditions for efficient and stable ion acceleration by
moderate circularly polarized laser pulses at intensities of
1020 {W}/cm2},
journal = {Physics of plasmas},
volume = {18},
issn = {1070-664X},
address = {[S.l.]},
publisher = {American Institute of Physics},
reportid = {PreJuSER-15135},
pages = {043102},
year = {2011},
note = {B.Q. acknowledges the support from the Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation. M.Z. thanks the support from the Royal
Society. The work was also supported by EPSRC (Grant Nos.
EP/C003586/1 and EP/D/06337X/1). Computing resources on
JUROPA at JSC (Grant Nos. jzam04 and jjsc04) and VIP at RZG
(collaboration grant with MPQ) are both acknowledged.},
abstract = {Conditions for efficient and stable ion radiation pressure
acceleration (RPA) from thin foils by circularly polarized
laser pulses at moderate intensities are theoretically and
numerically investigated. It is found that the unavoidable
decompression of the co-moving electron layer in Light-Sail
RPA leads to a change of the local electrostatic field from
a "bunching" to a "debunching" profile, ultimately resulting
in premature termination of ion acceleration. One way to
overcome this instability is the use of a multispecies foil
where the high-Z ions act as a sacrificial species to supply
excess co-moving electrons for preserving stable
acceleration of the lower-Z ion species. It is shown by 2D
particle-in-cell simulations that 100 MeV/u monoenergetic
C6+ ion beams are produced by irradiation of a Cu-C-mixed
foil with laser pulses at intensities 5 x 10(20) W/cm(2),
which can be easily achieved by current day lasers. (C) 2011
American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3577573]},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {JSC},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
pnm = {Scientific Computing (FUEK411) / 411 - Computational
Science and Mathematical Methods (POF2-411)},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK411 / G:(DE-HGF)POF2-411},
shelfmark = {Physics, Fluids $\&$ Plasmas},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000290110200035},
doi = {10.1063/1.3577573},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/15135},
}