State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
Abstract:
A scheme of generating energetic ions by the interaction
of an ultrahigh-intensity laser pulse and a thin solid foil is
studied. The combination of the effects of radiation pressure and
Coulomb explosion makes the ion acceleration more effective. The
maximum ion velocity variation with time is predicted theoretically
while the temporal evolution of the electrostatic field due to the
Coulomb explosion is taken into consideration. Two-dimensional
particle-in-cell simulations are done to verify the theory.