@inproceedings{c4b359fea1fa4d5f95b653b85a655dd2,
title = "Laser generation of ultra-short neutron bursts from high atomic number converters",
abstract = "At the Texas Petawatt laser facility we developed a novel ultra-short pulsed laser-driven neutron source generating an unprecedented output peak flux. Our results show a dramatic onset of high-energy electron generation from petawatt laser-irradiated plastic targets for targets thinner than a few microns. In this regime, the copious amounts of multi-MeV electrons emitted from the target are utilized to generate photo-neutrons from a metal converter. The neutrons are generated with a <50 ps pulse duration and a flux of 1018 n/cm2/s, exceeding any other pulsed or CW neutron source. In this paper, we will report on our measurement of the neutron yields produced from high atomic number converters.",
author = "I. Pomerantz and E. McCary and Meadows, {A. R.} and A. Arefiev and Bernstein, {A. C.} and C. Chester and J. Cortez and Donovan, {M. E.} and G. Dyer and Gaul, {E. W.} and D. Hamilton and D. Kuk and Lestrade, {A. C.} and C. Wang and T. Ditmire and Hegelich, {B. M.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 SPIE.; Laser Acceleration of Electrons, Protons, and Ions III; and Medical Applications of Laser-Generated Beams of Particles III ; Conference date: 13-04-2015 Through 15-04-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1117/12.2181494",
language = "الإنجليزيّة",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Ledingham, {Kenneth W. D.} and Esarey, {Eric H.} and Paul McKenna and Schroeder, {Carl B.} and Bolton, {Paul R.} and Klaus Spohr and Gruner, {Florian J.}",
booktitle = "Laser Acceleration of Electrons, Protons, and Ions III; and Medical Applications of Laser-Generated Beams of Particles III",
address = "الولايات المتّحدة",
}