%0 Journal Article
%A Robinson, A. P. L.
%A Gibbon, P.
%T Production of proton beams with narrow-band energy spectra from laser-irradiated ultrathin foils
%J Physical review / E
%V 75
%N 1
%@ 1539-3755
%C College Park, Md.
%I APS
%M PreJuSER-56450
%P 015401
%D 2007
%Z Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012
%X Three-dimensional gridless particle simulations of proton acceleration via irradiation of a very thin foil by a short-pulse, high-intensity laser have been performed to evaluate recently proposed microstructured target configurations. It is found that a pure proton microdot target does not by itself result in a quasimonoenergetic proton beam. Such a beam can only be produced with a very lightly doped target, in qualitative agreement with one-dimensional theory. The simulations suggest that beam quality in current experiments could be dramatically improved by choosing microdot compositions with a 5-10 times lower proton fraction.
%K J (WoSType)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000243893700005
%R 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.015401
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/56450