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  • Plasma Physics
  • Laser-Matter Interactions
  • Beam Generation

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  • Generating highly collimated, monoenergetic relativistic ion beams is crucial for scientific and technological applications.
  • Ultraintense laser-matter interactions present challenges in achieving such beams.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce and demonstrate the concept of laser-ion lensing and acceleration.
  • Achieve simultaneous focusing and acceleration of ions using intense laser pulses.

Main Methods:

  • Illuminating a shaped solid-density target with a laser pulse at ~10^22 W/cm^2 intensity.
  • Utilizing laser radiation pressure to deform the target into a micro-scale spot.
  • Approximating the process with a deformable mirror model.
  • Validating through 3D particle-in-cell simulations of a two-species plasma target.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated simultaneous focusing and acceleration of ions.
  • Identified stable propagation regimes by suppressing Rayleigh-Taylor-like instabilities.
  • Achieved stable focusing across various laser powers (few to multi-petawatts).
  • Predicted focused ion beams with densities of 10^23 cm^-3, energies >750 MeV, and energy densities up to 2x10^13 J/cm^3.

Conclusions:

  • Laser-ion lensing and acceleration is a viable method for generating high-quality ion beams.
  • The technique shows promise for future multipetawatt laser systems.
  • Stable focusing and acceleration of ions were achieved under specific laser and target conditions.