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Effects of laser radiation on matter

Simulation of photon acceleration upon irradiation of a mylar target by femtosecond laser pulses

S. N. Andreev^a, A. A. Rukhadze^a, V. P. Tarakanov^b, B. P. Yakutov<sup>c

a</sup> Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^c Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Federal Nuclear Center — All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics", Sarov

Abstract: Acceleration of protons is simulated by the particle-in-cell (PIC) method upon irradiation of mylar targets of different thicknesses by femtosecond plane-polarised pulsed laser radiation and at different angles of radiation incidence on the target. The comparison of the results of calculations with the experimental data obtained in recent experiments shows their good agreement. The optimal angle of incidence (458) at which the proton energy achieves its absolute maximum is obtained.

PACS: 41.75.Jv, 42.65.Re, 52.38.-r

Received: 13.03.2009

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2010, 40:1, 64–67

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