High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2022, 10 (1): 010000e2, Published Online: Jan. 17, 2022  

Mapping non-laminar proton acceleration in laser-driven target normal sheath field

Author Affiliations
1 State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai201800, China
2 Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
3 CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai201800, China
4 Department of Physics, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai200234, China
5 ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai201210, China
Abstract
We report on experimental observation of non-laminar proton acceleration modulated by a strong magnetic field in laser irradiating micrometer aluminum targets. The results illustrate the coexistence of ring-like and filamentation structures. We implement the knife edge method into the radiochromic film detector to map the accelerated beams, measuring a source size of 30–110 μm for protons of more than 5 MeV. The diagnosis reveals that the ring-like profile originates from low-energy protons far off the axis whereas the filamentation is from the near-axis high-energy protons, exhibiting non-laminar features. Particle-in-cell simulations reproduced the experimental results, showing that the short-term magnetic turbulence via Weibel instability and the long-term quasi-static annular magnetic field by the streaming electric current account for the measured beam profile. Our work provides direct mapping of laser-driven proton sources in the space-energy domain and reveals the non-laminar beam evolution at featured time scales.

C. Y. Qin, H. Zhang, S. Li, S. H. Zhai, A. X. Li, J. Y. Qian, J. Y. Gui, F. X. Wu, Z. X. Zhang, Y. Xu, X. Y. Liang, Y. X. Leng, B. F. Shen, L. L. Ji, R. X. Li. Mapping non-laminar proton acceleration in laser-driven target normal sheath field[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2022, 10(1): 010000e2.

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