Laser-triggered ion acceleration and table top isotope production

Abstract

We have observed deuterons accelerated to energies of about 2 MeV in the interaction of relativistically intense 10 TW, 400 fs laser pulse with a thin layer of deuterated polystyrene deposited on Mylar film. These high-energy deuterons were directed to the boron sample, where they produced ∼ 105∼105 atoms of positron active isotope 11C11C from the reaction 10B(d,n)11C.10B(d,n)11C. The activation results suggest that deuterons were accelerated from the front surface of the target. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/70713/2/APPLAB-78-5-595-1.pd