scholarly journals Multi-MeV ion beams from terawatt laser thin-foil interactions

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Flippo ◽  
A. Maksimchuk ◽  
S. Banerjee ◽  
V. Wong ◽  
G. Mourou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Foil ◽  
Ion Beams ◽  
Terawatt Laser

Comprehensive diagnostics of hot electron emission from plasmas produced by sub-nanosecond terawatt laser on thin foil metal targets

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. C12003-C12003 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Krupka ◽  
J. Krasa ◽  
R. Dudzak ◽  
J. Cikhardt ◽  
M. Kalal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Emission ◽  
Thin Foil ◽  
Hot Electron ◽  
Terawatt Laser

scholarly journals Laser-driven generation of high-current ion beams using skin-layer ponderomotive acceleration

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. BADZIAK ◽  
S. GŁOWACZ ◽  
S. JABŁOŃSKI ◽  
P. PARYS ◽  
J. WOŁOWSKI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Pulse ◽  
Scaling Laws ◽  
Short Pulse ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Thin Foil ◽  
Skin Layer ◽  
Ion Beams ◽  
Ion Current ◽  
High Current ◽  
Current Densities

Basic properties of generation of high-current ion beams using the skin-layer ponderomotive acceleration (S-LPA) mechanism, induced by a short laser pulse interacting with a solid target are studied. Simplified scaling laws for the ion energies, the ion current densities, the ion beam intensities, and the efficiency of ions' production are derived for the cases of subrelativistic and relativistic laser-plasma interactions. The results of the time-of-flight measurements performed for both backward-accelerated ion beams from a massive target and forward-accelerated beams from a thin foil target irradiated by 1-ps laser pulse of intensity up to ∼ 1017 W/cm2 are presented. The ion current densities and the ion beam intensities at the source obtained from these measurements are compared to the ones achieved in recent short-pulse experiments using the target normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) mechanism at relativistic (>1019 W/cm2) laser intensities. The possibility of application of high-current ion beams produced by S-LPA at relativistic intensities for fast ignition of fusion target is considered. Using the derived scaling laws for the ion beam parameters, the achievement conditions for ignition of compressed DT fuel with ion beams driven by ps laser pulses of total energy ≤ 100 kJ is shown.

Axial Observation of X-Ray Spectra from a Beam-Foil Source

1988 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 339-342
Author(s):  
J.M. Laming ◽  
J.D. Silver ◽  
R. Barnsley ◽  
J. Dunn ◽  
K.D. Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Resolution ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Ion Beams ◽  
Beam Axis ◽  
Doppler Broadening ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Beam Foil

AbstractNew observations of x-ray spectra from foil-excited heavy ion beams are reported. By observing the target in a direction along the beam axis, an improvement in spectral resolution, δλ/λ, by about a factor of two is achieved, due to the reduced Doppler broadening in this geometry.

Radiation-Induced Precipitation at Thin Foil Surfaces in Ni-Be Alloys

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 598-599
Author(s):  
T. Mukai ◽  
T. E. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Electron Irradiation ◽  
High Vacuum ◽  
Thin Foil ◽  
Homogeneous Precipitation ◽  
High Voltage Electron Microscopy ◽  
Voltage Electron ◽  
High Voltage Electron ◽  
Radiation Induced

Radiation-induced homogeneous precipitation in Ni-Be alloys was recently observed by high voltage electron microscopy. A coupling of interstitial flux with solute Be atoms is responsible for the precipitation. The present investigation further shows that precipitation is also induced at thin foil surfaces by electron irradiation under a high vacuum.

Electrolytic Isolation of Twin-Type Shock Deformation Structures

1967 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 318-319
Author(s):  
F. I. Grace ◽  
L. E. Murr
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Thin Foil ◽  
Electrolyte Composition ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Average Current Density ◽  
Electron Transmission ◽  
Deformation Structures ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Average Current ◽  
Specimen Edge

During the course of electron transmission investigations of the deformation structures associated with shock-loaded thin foil specimens of 70/30 brass, it was observed that in a number of instances preferential etching occurred along grain boundaries; and that the degree of etching appeared to depend upon the various experimental conditions prevailing during electropolishing. These included the electrolyte composition, the average current density, and the temperature in the vicinity of the specimen. In the specific case of 70/30 brass shock-loaded at pressures in the range 200-400 kilobars, the predominant mode of deformation was observed to be twin-type faults which in several cases exhibited preferential etching similar to that observed along grain boundaries. A novel feature of this particular phenomenon was that in certain cases, especially for twins located in the vicinity of the specimen edge, the etching or preferential electropolishing literally isolated these structures from the matrix.

Influence of X-Ray Induced Fluorescence on Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis of Thin Foils

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 328-329
Author(s):  
E. A. Kenik ◽  
J. Bentley
Keyword(s):  
Thin Foil ◽  
Electron Excitation ◽  
Simple Approach ◽  
Foil Thickness ◽  
X Rays ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Hole Spectrum ◽  
Illumination System ◽  
Thin Foils ◽  
Intensity Ratios

Cliff and Lorimer (1) have proposed a simple approach to thin foil x-ray analy sis based on the ratio of x-ray peak intensities. However, there are several experimental pitfalls which must be recognized in obtaining the desired x-ray intensities. Undesirable x-ray induced fluorescence of the specimen can result from various mechanisms and leads to x-ray intensities not characteristic of electron excitation and further results in incorrect intensity ratios.In measuring the x-ray intensity ratio for NiAl as a function of foil thickness, Zaluzec and Fraser (2) found the ratio was not constant for thicknesses where absorption could be neglected. They demonstrated that this effect originated from x-ray induced fluorescence by blocking the beam with lead foil. The primary x-rays arise in the illumination system and result in varying intensity ratios and a finite x-ray spectrum even when the specimen is not intercepting the electron beam, an ‘in-hole’ spectrum. We have developed a second technique for detecting x-ray induced fluorescence based on the magnitude of the ‘in-hole’ spectrum with different filament emission currents and condenser apertures.

Optimizing conditions for x-ray microchemical analysis in analytical electron microscopy

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 548-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. Zaluzec
Keyword(s):  
Solid Angle ◽  
Analytical Electron Microscopy ◽  
Incident Beam ◽  
Thin Foil ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Microchemical Analysis ◽  
Analytical Electron ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Incident Beam Energy

The ultimate sensitivity of microchemical analysis using x-ray emission rests in selecting those experimental conditions which will maximize the measured peak-to-background (P/B) ratio. This paper presents the results of calculations aimed at determining the influence of incident beam energy, detector/specimen geometry and specimen composition on the P/B ratio for ideally thin samples (i.e., the effects of scattering and absorption are considered negligible). As such it is assumed that the complications resulting from system peaks, bremsstrahlung fluorescence, electron tails and specimen contamination have been eliminated and that one needs only to consider the physics of the generation/emission process.The number of characteristic x-ray photons (Ip) emitted from a thin foil of thickness dt into the solid angle dΩ is given by the well-known equation

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