title: Generating monoenergetic heavy-ion bunches with laser-induced electrostatic shocks.
abstract: A method for efficient laser acceleration of heavy ions by electrostatic shock is investigated using particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation and analytical modeling. When a small number of heavy ions are mixed with light ions, the heavy ions can be accelerated to the same velocity as the light ions so that they gain much higher energy because of their large mass. Accordingly, a sandwich target design with a thin compound ion layer between two light-ion layers and a micro-structured target design are proposed for obtaining monoenergetic heavy-ion beams.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Liangliang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Baifei
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Xiaomei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fengchao
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhangyin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Xuemei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cary