Plasma-mirror free 40 MeV proton beam generation with ultra-high intensity high-contrast Ti:sapphire laser system

Ogura, Koichi; Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Tanimoto, Tsuyoshi; Esirkepov, T. Z.; Sagisaka, Akito; Kando, Masaki; Shizuma, Toshiyuki; Hayakawa, Takehito; Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; et al.

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Without plasma mirror, the maximum proton energy of 40 MeV is obtained using a compact, high spatiotemporal-quality, high-intensity Ti:sapphire laser system with an intensity of 1E21 W/cm/cm for the first time to our knowledge.