Fast Ion Production by Laser Filamentation in Laser-Produced Plasmas
- 22 April 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 76 (17) , 3128-3131
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.76.3128
Abstract
Production of protons with energies of have been observed to originate from the interaction of a high intensity laser with a preformed underdense plasma. The energy and distribution of ions are explained by acceleration by the ponderomotive force resulting from filamentation.
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