Laser-acceleration of quasi mono-energetic and low-divergence Titanium ion beams

Ion acceleration by a high intensity (> 1018 W/cm2) laser pulse interacting with a solid target has been an active research area. The major interest stems from the prospects of designing and building a novel laser-driven ion source that is significantly more compact in size and shorter in duration than conventional ion accelerators, to enable applications requiring high power such as isochoric heating.