Highly efficient relativistic-ion generation in the laser-piston regime

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Apr 30;92(17):175003. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.175003. Epub 2004 Apr 27.

Abstract

An intense laser-plasma interaction regime of the generation of high density ultrashort relativistic ion beams is suggested. When the radiation pressure is dominant, the laser energy is transformed efficiently into the energy of fast ions.