Ion Acceleration with High Intensity Lasers

这项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激光-等离子体相互作用的强相对论区域，这是光学和等离子体物理领域的前沿。一项中心任务将是控制、系统和全面地研究质子能量和通量在大范围激光参数以及靶几何和材料属性上的标度。在这一过程中，我们将发展实时离子束诊断，目前这方面的缺乏限制了这一研究领域的进展。

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.