Ion acceleration with a narrow energy spectrum by nanosecond laser-irradiation of solid target

C Altana; G Lanzalone; D Mascali; A Muoio; G A P Cirrone; F Schillaci; S Tudisco

doi:10.1063/1.4936091

Ion acceleration with a narrow energy spectrum by nanosecond laser-irradiation of solid target

Rev Sci Instrum. 2016 Feb;87(2):02A914. doi: 10.1063/1.4936091.

Authors

C Altana¹, G Lanzalone¹, D Mascali¹, A Muoio¹, G A P Cirrone¹, F Schillaci¹, S Tudisco¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy.

PMID: 26931975
DOI: 10.1063/1.4936091

Abstract

In laser-driven plasma, ion acceleration of aluminum with the production of a quasi-monoenergetic beam has occurred. A useful device to analyze the ions is the Thomson parabolas spectrometer, a well-known diagnostic that is able to obtain information on charge-to-mass ratio and energy distribution of the charged particles. At the LENS (Laser Energy for Nuclear Science) laboratory of INFN-LNS in Catania, experimental measures were carried out; the features of LENS are: Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with 2 J laser energy, 1064 nm fundamental wavelengths, and 6 ns pulse duration.