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2018
Polarization of laser-accelerated ions
Polarization of laser-accelerated ions
The physics of laser-plasma interactions has undergone dramatic improvements in recent years. By directing a multi-TW, ultrashort laser pulse onto a thin foil or a gas jet, it is nowadays possible to produce multi-MeV proton, ion and electron beams. Although much progress has been made in characteri...
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Personal Name(s): | Holler, A. |
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Büscher, M. / Engin, I. / Hessan, M. / Lehrach, A. / Raab, N. / Seyen, A. / Gibbon, P. / Karmakar, A. / Peth, C. / Toncian, M. / Toncian, T. / Willi, O. | |
Contributing Institute: |
Elektronische Eigenschaften; PGI-6 |
Published in: |
Laser-Plasma Acceleration |
Imprint: |
IOS Press
2018
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Physical Description: |
205 - 212 |
Document Type: |
Contribution to a book |
Research Program: |
Controlling Spin-Based Phenomena |
Series Title: |
Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"
179 |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
The physics of laser-plasma interactions has undergone dramatic improvements in recent years. By directing a multi-TW, ultrashort laser pulse onto a thin foil or a gas jet, it is nowadays possible to produce multi-MeV proton, ion and electron beams. Although much progress has been made in characterizing and improving the quality of such laser-generated beams, it is still an untouched issue whether the laser-generated beams are or can be spin polarized and, thus, whether laser-based polarized sources are conceivable. To this end, one may either think of a spatial selection of certain spin states through the huge magnetic field gradients that are inherently generated in the laser-generated plasmas, or of pre-polarized target particles which maintain their polarization during the rapid acceleration process. We have developed a method to measure the degree of polarization of protons that have been accelerated at the 300 TW laser facility ARCturus at Dusseldorf University. |