Robustness of large-area suspended graphene under interaction with intense laser

Y Kuramitsu; T Minami; T Hihara; K Sakai; T Nishimoto; S Isayama; Y T Liao; K T Wu; W Y Woon; S H Chen; Y L Liu; S M He; C Y Su; M Ota; S Egashira; A Morace; Y Sakawa; Y Abe; H Habara; R Kodama; L N K Döhl; N Woolsey; M Koenig; H S Kumar; N Ohnishi; M Kanasaki; T Asai; T Yamauchi; K Oda; Ko Kondo; H Kiriyama; Y Fukuda

doi:10.1038/s41598-022-06055-4

Robustness of large-area suspended graphene under interaction with intense laser

Sci Rep. 2022 Feb 16;12(1):2346. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06055-4.

Authors

Y Kuramitsu^{1

2}, T Minami³, T Hihara³, K Sakai³, T Nishimoto³, S Isayama^{4

5}, Y T Liao⁴, K T Wu^{4

6}, W Y Woon^{7

8}, S H Chen⁴, Y L Liu^{4

9}, S M He¹⁰, C Y Su¹⁰, M Ota¹¹, S Egashira¹¹, A Morace¹¹, Y Sakawa¹¹, Y Abe³, H Habara³, R Kodama^{3

11}, L N K Döhl^{12

13}, N Woolsey¹², M Koenig^{3

14}, H S Kumar¹⁵, N Ohnishi¹⁵, M Kanasaki¹⁶, T Asai¹⁶, T Yamauchi¹⁶, K Oda¹⁶, Ko Kondo¹⁷, H Kiriyama¹⁷, Y Fukuda¹⁷

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. [email protected].
² Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. [email protected].
³ Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
⁴ Department of Physics, National Central University, No. 300, Jhongda Rd., Jhongli, Taoyuan, 320, Taiwan.
⁵ Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Kohen, Kasuga, Fukuoka, 816-8580, Japan.
⁶ Molecular Science and Technology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Central University, No. 1, Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 4, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Physics, National Central University, No. 300, Jhongda Rd., Jhongli, Taoyuan, 320, Taiwan. [email protected].
⁸ Molecular Science and Technology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Central University, No. 1, Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 4, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan. [email protected].
⁹ Institute of Space and Plasma Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan City, 70101, Taiwan.
¹⁰ Graduate Institute of Energy Engineering, National Central University, No. 300, Jhongda Rd., Jhongli, Taoyuan, 320, Taiwan.
¹¹ Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
¹² Department of Physics, York Plasma Institute, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
¹³ Glen Eastman Energy b.v., Dockwards 1, Waalhaven O.z. 83M, 3087 BM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
¹⁴ LULI, CNRS, CEA, Ecole Polytechnique,UPMC, Univ Paris 06: Sorbonne Universites, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128, Palaiseau cedex, France.
¹⁵ Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-01 Aramakiazaaoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan.
¹⁶ Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, 658-0022, Japan.
¹⁷ Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619-0215, Japan.

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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