{"paper":{"title":"Enhancing laser-driven proton acceleration by using micro-pillar arrays at high drive energy","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["physics.acc-ph"],"primary_cat":"physics.plasm-ph","authors_text":"Bj\\\"orn Borm, Dimitri Khaghani, Felix G\\\"artner, Florian Wagner, Laurent Gremillet, Liana Movsesyan, Lo\\\"ic Burr, Maria Eugenia Toimil-Molares, Mathieu Lobet, Olga Rosmej, Paul Neumayer","submitted_at":"2017-09-19T12:14:34Z","abstract_excerpt":"The interaction of micro- and nano-structured target surfaces with high-power laser pulses is being widely investigated for its unprecedented absorption efficiency. We have developed vertically aligned metallic micro-pillar arrays for laser-driven proton acceleration experiments. We demonstrate that such targets help strengthen interaction mechanisms when irradiated with high-energy-class laser pulses of intensities $\\sim$ $10^{17-18}$ W/cm$^2$. In comparison with standard planar targets, we witness strongly enhanced hot-electron production and proton acceleration both in terms of maximum ener"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1709.06368","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}