(1) Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiĭ pr. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russia;(2) Institute of Computational Technologies, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Abstract:
A scheme is proposed for producing a quasi-monoenergetic ion bunch by irradiating a foil with two subsequent ultrashort laser pulses—a prepulse followed by a stronger main pulse. Results are presented from numerical simulations that illustrate the scheme and determine the space-time and energy characteristics of the accelerated ions.