On the study of proton acceleration from double-layer nanofoils
Fast ion beams driven by relativistic laser pulses are suitable for a wide range of applications. Many of the applications require a higher energy than the currently achievable energy. In this work, we propose a novel scheme of laser driven ion acceleration using double-layer nanofoils. The first layer of the target acts as plasma optics and is used to manipulate the incident laser pulse to a designed shape for the subsequent ion acceleration from the second nanofoil. The optimum parameter range for both foils is specified with the aid of particle-in-cell simulations. Using the double-layer target, a significant increase in the accelerated proton energy is observed in contrast to a typical single-layer target.
Authors
- Hao Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0189-1784)
- Yi Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0430-5867)
- Z. Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6408-6837)
- Yuxin Leng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2716-4318)
- Jianhui Bin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6381-1394)
- X. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3410-3896)
- Yan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7329-0382)
- Ming Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3912-8530)
- Wei Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4513-8970)
- Jianxing Zhuang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8627-1543)
- Ruxin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2603-9814)
Institutions
- Shanghai University (CN)
- ShanghaiTech University (CN)
- Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AIP Advances
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0269353
- Primary Topic
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China