@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00080548, author = {Kondo, Kotaro and Nishiuchi, Mamiko and Sakaki, Hironao and Dover, NicholasPeter and Lowe, HazelFrances and Miyahara, Takumi and Watanabe, Yukinobu and Ziegler, Tim and Zeil, Karl and Schramm, Ulrich and J. Ditter, Emma and S. Hicks, George and C. Ettlinger, Oliver and Najmudin, Zulfikar and Kiriyama, Hiromitsu and Kando, Masaki and Kondo, Kiminori and Kotaro, Kondo and Mamiko, Nishiuchi and Hironao, Sakaki and Dover, NicholasPeter and Lowe, HazelFrances and Miyahara, Takumi and Yukinobu, Watanabe and Hiromitsu, Kiriyama and Masaki, Kando and Kiminori, Kondo}, issue = {9}, journal = {Crystals}, month = {Sep}, note = {The interaction of high-intensity laser pulses with solid targets can be used as a highly charged, energetic heavy ion source. Normally, intrinsic contaminants on the target surface suppress the performance of heavy ion acceleration from a high-intensity laser–target interaction, resulting in preferential proton acceleration. Here, we demonstrate that CW laser heating of 5 μm titanium tape targets can remove contaminant hydrocarbons in order to expose a thin oxide layer on the metal surface, ideal for the generation of energetic oxygen beams. This is demonstrated by irradiating the heated targets with a PW class high-power laser at an intensity of 5 × 10^21 W/cm2, showing enhanced acceleration of oxygen ions with a non-thermal-like distribution. Our new scheme using a CW laser-heated Ti tape target is promising for use as a moderate repetition energetic oxygen ion source for future applications.}, title = {High-Intensity Laser-Driven Oxygen Source from CW Laser-Heated Titanium Tape Targets}, volume = {10}, year = {2020} }