Ultra-intense laser-driven ion acceleration

激光-等离子体相互作用作为一种新的、紧凑的离子源显示出巨大的潜力。这些源在质子癌症治疗、惯性聚变的先进方法和无损检测中都有应用。这项研究项目将研究激光-密集等离子体相互作用区域中离子加速机制的关键方面。这项研究将通过研究关键的激光和等离子体参数的作用，特别关注在所谓的透明度增强区域中激光驱动的离子加速的优化。该项目将包括在国内和国际高功率激光设施进行的大规模实验和使用高性能计算的数值模拟。

Laser-plasma interactions are demonstrating significant potential as a new and compact source of ions. These sources have applications in proton cancer therapy, advanced approaches to inertial fusion and non-destructive testing. This research project will investigate key aspects of the ion acceleration mechanism in the laser-dense plasma interaction regime. The research will focus specifically on the optimisation of laser-driven ion acceleration in the so-called transparency enhanced regime by investigating the role of key laser and plasma parameters. The project will involve both large scale experiments at national and international high power laser facilities and numerical simulations using high performance computing.