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Matter and Radiation at Extremes
Vol. 5, Issue 4, 045402 (2020)

Ion source perturbation and control in intense laser plasma interaction

B. Ramakrishna^1、a), S. Krishnamurthy¹, M. Tayyab^2、3, S. Bagchi², K. Makur¹, Raoul Trines⁴, Robbie Scott⁴, Alex Robinson⁴, and J. A. Chakera^2、3

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy 502285, India

²Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India

³Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India

⁴Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom

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DOI: 10.1063/5.0004801 Cite this Article

B. Ramakrishna, S. Krishnamurthy, M. Tayyab, S. Bagchi, K. Makur, Raoul Trines, Robbie Scott, Alex Robinson, J. A. Chakera. Ion source perturbation and control in intense laser plasma interaction[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2020, 5(4): 045402 Copy Citation Text

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B. Ramakrishna, S. Krishnamurthy, M. Tayyab, S. Bagchi, K. Makur, Raoul Trines, Robbie Scott, Alex Robinson, J. A. Chakera. Ion source perturbation and control in intense laser plasma interaction[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2020, 5(4): 045402

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