Effect of front surface engineering on high energy electron, X-ray and heavy ion generation from Relativistic laser interaction with thick high-Z targets
Experiments at the Scarlet Facility using a $10^{21}W/cm^2$ laser on thick tantalum targets revealed that while bare targets produced the highest MeV electron and X-ray yields, thicker front-surface coatings like foam and nanowires enhanced heavy ion acceleration, highlighting the critical role of coating density and thickness in optimizing particle generation and suggesting post-damage crater analysis as a viable method for benchmarking laser absorption.
J. Twardowski (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), C. Kuz (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), A. S. Bogale (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA, Center for Energy Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA), Z. Su (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), A. Lee (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), R. Kaur (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), M. Eder (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), Y. Noor (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), D. P. Broughton (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA), Md Kazi Rokunuzzaman (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), R. Hollinger (Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA), A. Blackston (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), J. Strehlow (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA), A. Baraona (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), P. Spingola (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), G. Tiscareno (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), D. Hanggi (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), B. Unzicker (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), C. -S. Wong (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA), G. K. Ngirmang (National Sciences and Science Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore), F. N. Beg (Center for Energy Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA), D. Schumacher (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), E. Chowdhury (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA)Tue, 10 Ma🔬 physics