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Fig. 1.
Parabolas registered on a microchannel plate coupled with a phosphor screen.
Fig. 2.
Schematic representation of the TPS developed in the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion.
Fig. 3.
Dispersion curve for protons with wedged and parallel electrodes.
Fig. 4.
Comparison of an example of the magnetic induction of bare magnets (glued) and magnets attached to poles, measured with a Hall probe.
Fig. 5.
Original scan from the IP (left) and the calculated parabolas fitted to the experimental proton and carbon lines (right). The chosen intensity threshold removed low-intensity parabolas from the pictures.
Fig. 6.
Example of ion energy spectrum extracted from the IP (scan in Fig. 5).
Fig. 7.
Schematic of novel CPA target used in the experiment (left) and the experimental setup (right).
Fig. 8.
Example of IP response for nonoptimal laser pointing inside the CPA target (left) and magnified region of the proton parabola (right).
Fig. 10.
Ion energy distribution for shot no. 57503.
Fig. 9.
Example of IP response for optimal laser pointing inside the CPA target (left) and the magnified region of the two visible proton parabolas (right).
Fig. 11.
Ion energy spectrum for the well-focused shot no. 57457.