Abstract

Graphene is known as an atomically thin, transparent, highly electrically and thermally conductive, light-weight, and the strongest 2D material. We investigate disruptive application of graphene as a target of laser-driven ion acceleration. We develop large-area suspended graphene (LSG) and by transferring graphene layer by layer we control the thickness with precision down to a single atomic layer. Direct irradiations of the LSG targets generate MeV protons and carbons from sub-relativistic to relativistic laser intensities from low contrast to high contrast conditions without plasma mirror, evidently showing the durability of graphene.

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Title
Robustness of large-area suspended graphene under interaction with intense laser
Author
Kuramitsu, Y 1 ; Minami, T 2 ; Hihara, T 2 ; Sakai, K 2 ; Nishimoto, T 2 ; Isayama, S 3 ; Liao, Y T 4 ; Wu, K T 5 ; Woon, W Y 5 ; Chen, S H 4 ; Liu, Y L 6 ; He, S M 7 ; Su, C Y 7 ; Ota, M 8 ; Egashira, S 8 ; Morace, A 8 ; Sakawa, Y 8 ; Abe, Y 2 ; Habara, H 2 ; Kodama, R 1 ; Döhl L N K 9 ; Woolsey, N 10 ; Koenig, M 11 ; Kumar, H S 12 ; Ohnishi, N 12 ; Kanasaki, M 13 ; Asai, T 13 ; Yamauchi, T 13 ; Oda, K 13 ; Kondo, Ko 14 ; Kiriyama, H 14 ; Fukuda, Y 14 

 Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Suita, Japan (GRID:grid.136593.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0373 3971); Osaka University, Institute of Laser Engineering, Suita, Japan (GRID:grid.136593.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0373 3971) 
 Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Suita, Japan (GRID:grid.136593.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0373 3971) 
 National Central University, Department of Physics, Jhongli, Taiwan (GRID:grid.37589.30) (ISNI:0000 0004 0532 3167); Kyushu University, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kasuga, Japan (GRID:grid.177174.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 2242 4849) 
 National Central University, Department of Physics, Jhongli, Taiwan (GRID:grid.37589.30) (ISNI:0000 0004 0532 3167) 
 National Central University, Department of Physics, Jhongli, Taiwan (GRID:grid.37589.30) (ISNI:0000 0004 0532 3167); Academia Sinica and National Central University, Molecular Science and Technology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Taipei, Taiwan (GRID:grid.37589.30) (ISNI:0000 0004 0532 3167) 
 National Central University, Department of Physics, Jhongli, Taiwan (GRID:grid.37589.30) (ISNI:0000 0004 0532 3167); National Cheng Kung University, Institute of Space and Plasma Sciences, Tainan City, Taiwan (GRID:grid.64523.36) (ISNI:0000 0004 0532 3255) 
 National Central University, Graduate Institute of Energy Engineering, Jhongli, Taiwan (GRID:grid.37589.30) (ISNI:0000 0004 0532 3167) 
 Osaka University, Institute of Laser Engineering, Suita, Japan (GRID:grid.136593.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0373 3971) 
 University of York, Department of Physics, York Plasma Institute, York, UK (GRID:grid.5685.e) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 9668); Glen Eastman Energy b.v., Rotterdam, The Netherlands (GRID:grid.5685.e) 
10  University of York, Department of Physics, York Plasma Institute, York, UK (GRID:grid.5685.e) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 9668) 
11  Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Suita, Japan (GRID:grid.136593.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0373 3971); Institut Polytechnique de Paris, LULI, CNRS, CEA, Ecole Polytechnique,UPMC, Univ Paris 06: Sorbonne Universites, Palaiseau cedex, France (GRID:grid.508893.f) 
12  Tohoku University, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Sendai, Japan (GRID:grid.69566.3a) (ISNI:0000 0001 2248 6943) 
13  Kobe University, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe, Japan (GRID:grid.31432.37) (ISNI:0000 0001 1092 3077) 
14  National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), Kizugawa, Japan (GRID:grid.31432.37) 
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2629162257
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2022. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.