Ion Acceleration with High Intensity Lasers

拟议的研究涉及用超强激光加速离子的实验研究。激光功率将允许进入强相对论性的激光-等离子体相互作用机制，这是光学和等离子体物理领域的前沿。一项中心任务将是对质子能量和通量在大范围激光参数以及目标几何形状和材料特性上的缩放进行受控、系统和全面的研究。在此过程中，我们将开发实时离子束诊断，目前缺乏这一研究领域的进展受到限制。

The proposed research involves experimental studies of ion acceleration with ultra-intense lasers. The laser power will allow access to the strongly relativistic regime of laser-plasma interactions, which is at the vanguard of the fields of optics and plasma physics. A central task will be a controlled, systematic and comprehensive study of the scaling of proton energy and flux over a large range of laser parameters as well as target geometries and material properties. In the process, we will develop real-time ion beam diagnostics, the lack of which currently limits progress in this research area.