Citation
K. Nemoto et al., Laser-triggered ion acceleration and table top isotope production, APPL PHYS L, 78(5), 2001, pp. 595-597
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951
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Volume
78
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
595 - 597
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(20010129)78:5<595:LIAATT>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We have observed deuterons accelerated to energies of about 2 MeV in the in
teraction of relativistically intense 10 TW, 400 fs laser pulse with a thin
layer of deuterated polystyrene deposited on Mylar film. These high-energy
deuterons were directed to the boron sample, where they produced similar t
o 10(5) atoms of positron active isotope C-11 from the reaction B-10(d,n)C-
11. The activation results suggest that deuterons were accelerated from the
front surface of the target. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.