High energy conversion efficiency in laser-proton acceleration by controlling laser-energy deposition onto thin foil targets

Review of laser-driven ion sources and their applications

(2012) Hiroyuki Daido et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Control of Energy Spread and Dark Current in Proton and Ion Beams Generated in High-Contrast Laser Solid Interactions

(2011) F. Dollar et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Controlling the properties of ultraintense laser–proton sources using transverse refluxing of hot electrons in shaped mass-limited targets

(2011) O Tresca et al.   PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION

Spectral Enhancement in the Double Pulse Regime of Laser Proton Acceleration

(2010) K. Markey et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Hot Electrons Transverse Refluxing in Ultraintense Laser-Solid Interactions

(2010) S. Buffechoux et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Effects of front surface plasma expansion on proton acceleration in ultraintense laser irradiation of foil targets

(2008) P. McKenna et al.   LASER AND PARTICLE BEAMS

Increased efficiency of short-pulse laser-generated proton beams from novel flat-top cone targets

(2008) K. A. Flippo et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS