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| MOP028 | Creation of Peaks in the Energy Spectrum of Laser-Produced Ions by Phase Rotation | 97 |
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Efficient acceleration of ions with use of very high electromagnetic field created by a high power laser has been paid attention because of its attainable very high acceleration gradient. Its intensity, however, has exponentially decreases according to the increase of its energy, which causes essential difficulty for its real application. For the quality improvement of laser-produced ions in their energy spreads, a scheme to apply an additional RF electric field synchronous to the pulse laser, called “Phase Rotation”,* has been applied to the ions produced from the thin foil target 3 and 5 mm, in thickness by irradiation of focused Ti:Sapphire laser with the wave length of 800 nm after optimization of the ion production process with use of real time observation of ion energy by TOF measurement.** Energy peaks with the spread of 7 % have been created in the energy spectrum at the positions depending on the relative phase between the pulse laser and the RF electric field. Possible application of “Phase Rotated” laser-produced ion beam is also to be discussed.
* A. Noda et al., Laser Physics, Vol. 16, No.4, pp.647-653(2006). |