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@inproceedings{vladisavlevici:ipac2022-wepost021,
author = {I.M. Vladisavlevici and D. Vizman and E. d’Humières},
title = {{Theoretical Study of Laser Energy Absorption Towards Energetic Proton and Electron Sources}},
booktitle = {Proc. IPAC'22},
% booktitle = {Proc. 13th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'22)},
pages = {1737--1740},
eid = {WEPOST021},
language = {english},
keywords = {laser, target, electron, proton, simulation},
venue = {Bangkok, Thailand},
series = {International Particle Accelerator Conference},
number = {13},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
month = {07},
year = {2022},
issn = {2673-5490},
isbn = {978-3-95450-227-1},
doi = {10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-WEPOST021},
url = {https://jacow.org/ipac2022/papers/wepost021.pdf},
abstract = {{Our main goal is to describe and model the energy transfer from laser to particles, from the transparent to less transparent regime of laser-plasma interaction in the ultra-high intensity regime, and using the results obtained to optimize laser ion acceleration. We investigate the case of an ultra high intensity (10²² W/cm²) ultra short (20 fs) laser pulse interacting with a near-critical density plasma made of electrons and protons of density 5 n_{c} (where n_{c} = 1.1·10²¹ cm⁻³ is the critical density for a laser wavelength of 1 µm). Through 2D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations, we study the optimal target thickness for the maximum conversion efficiency of the laser energy to particles. Theoretical modelling of the predominant laser-plasma interaction mechanisms predicts the particle energy and conversion efficiency optimization. Our studies led to an optimization of the target thickness for maximizing electron and proton acceleration.}},
}