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Picosecond metrology of laser-driven proton bursts

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  • B. Dromey

    (Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast)

  • M. Coughlan

    (Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast)

  • L. Senje

    (Lund University)

  • M. Taylor

    (Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast)

  • S. Kuschel

    (Helmholtz-Institut Jena)

  • B. Villagomez-Bernabe

    (Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast)

  • R. Stefanuik

    (School of Physics, University College Dublin)

  • G. Nersisyan

    (Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast)

  • L. Stella

    (Atomistic Simulation Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast)

  • J. Kohanoff

    (Atomistic Simulation Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast)

  • M. Borghesi

    (Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast)

  • F. Currell

    (Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast)

  • D. Riley

    (Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast)

  • D. Jung

    (Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast)

  • C.-G. Wahlström

    (Lund University)

  • C.L.S. Lewis

    (Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast)

  • M. Zepf

    (Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
    Helmholtz-Institut Jena)

Abstract

Tracking primary radiation-induced processes in matter requires ultrafast sources and high precision timing. While compact laser-driven ion accelerators are seeding the development of novel high instantaneous flux applications, combining the ultrashort ion and laser pulse durations with their inherent synchronicity to trace the real-time evolution of initial damage events has yet to be realized. Here we report on the absolute measurement of proton bursts as short as 3.5±0.7 ps from laser solid target interactions for this purpose. Our results verify that laser-driven ion acceleration can deliver interaction times over a factor of hundred shorter than those of state-of-the-art accelerators optimized for high instantaneous flux. Furthermore, these observations draw ion interaction physics into the field of ultrafast science, opening the opportunity for quantitative comparison with both numerical modelling and the adjacent fields of ultrafast electron and photon interactions in matter.

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  • B. Dromey & M. Coughlan & L. Senje & M. Taylor & S. Kuschel & B. Villagomez-Bernabe & R. Stefanuik & G. Nersisyan & L. Stella & J. Kohanoff & M. Borghesi & F. Currell & D. Riley & D. Jung & C.-G. Wahl, 2016. "Picosecond metrology of laser-driven proton bursts," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-6, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms10642
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10642
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    1. Simon Bolaños & Andrey Sladkov & Roch Smets & Sophia N. Chen & Alain Grisollet & Evgeny Filippov & Jose-Luis Henares & Viorel Nastasa & Sergey Pikuz & Raphël Riquier & Maria Safronova & Alexandre Seve, 2022. "Laboratory evidence of magnetic reconnection hampered in obliquely interacting flux tubes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.

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