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Efficient generation of quasimonoenergetic ions by Coulomb explosions of optimized nanostructured clusters

Phys. Plasmas 16, 103108 (2009); doi:10.1063/1.3256183

Published 30 October 2009

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M. Murakami and K. Mima
Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Coulomb explosion of spherical ion clusters is studied, which are composed of homogeneous two-species (light and heavy) ions. A simple analytical model is developed to describe the explosion performance in terms of two dimensionless parameters, the charge-over-mass ratio, and the charge density ratio. One-dimensional kinetic numerical model is performed to compare with the analytical model and to evaluate the energy coupling efficiency of quasimonoenergetic ion generation. It is crucial to preform an iso-Coulomb-potential profile of the light ions in the cluster for efficient generation of quasimonoenergetic ions. By controlling the radial density profiles of the light and heavy ions, the overall coupling efficiency (equal to the summed kinetic energy of the light ions in the highest 1% energy band divided by total kinetic energy of both ions) is optimized to be >30%–40% when about 90% of the total number of light ions is contained in the thin 1% energy band. ©2009 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 12 August 2009; accepted 7 October 2009; published 30 October 2009
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 52.38.Kd
    Laser-plasma acceleration of electrons and ions
  • 52.40.Kh
    Plasma sheaths
  • 52.50.Jm
    Plasma production and heating by laser beams
  • YEAR: 2009

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