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SUBMITTER: Obst-Huebl L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6294339 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20181213 1
Extreme field gradients intrinsic to relativistic laser-interactions with thin solid targets enable compact MeV proton accelerators with unique bunch characteristics. Yet, direct control of the proton beam profile is usually not possible. Here we present a readily applicable all-optical approach to imprint detailed spatial information from the driving laser pulse onto the proton bunch. In a series of experiments, counter-intuitively, the spatial profile of the energetic proton bunch was found to ...[more]