Scaling laws for energetic ions from the commissioning of the new Los Alamos National Laboratory 200 TW Trident laser
- 1 October 2008
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 79 (10), 10E534
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2987678
Abstract
The recent Los Alamos National Laboratory Trident laser enhanced from 30 to 200 TW in power allows more than 100 J to be delivered on target in 500 fs with a spot size smaller than 12 microm at full width at half maximum. 15 microm flat-foil targets have been observed to produce proton beams in excess of 50 MeV at an intensity of only approximately 4x10(19) W/cm(2) with efficiencies approaching 5%. The Trident laser beam characteristics are presented along with the data compared to published scaling laws for proton acceleration.Keywords
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