@article{2ba84049134c41d4a44912944796ef38,
title = "Kilotesla magnetic field due to a capacitor-coil target driven by high power laser",
abstract = "Laboratory generation of strong magnetic fields opens new frontiers in plasma and beam physics, astro-and solar-physics, materials science, and atomic and molecular physics. Although kilotesla magnetic fields have already been produced by magnetic flux compression using an imploding metal tube or plasma shell, accessibility at multiple points and better controlled shapes of the field are desirable. Here we have generated kilotesla magnetic fields using a capacitor-coil target, in which two nickel disks are connected by a U-turn coil. A magnetic flux density of 1.5 kT was measured using the Faraday effect 650 μm away from the coil, when the capacitor was driven by two beams from the GEKKO-XII laser (at 1 kJ (total), 1.3 ns, 0.53 or 1 μm, and 5 × 10 16 W/cm2).",
author = "Shinsuke Fujioka and Zhe Zhang and Kazuhiro Ishihara and Keisuke Shigemori and Youichiro Hironaka and Tomoyuki Johzaki and Atsushi Sunahara and Naoji Yamamoto and Hideki Nakashima and Tsuguhiro Watanabe and Hiroyuki Shiraga and Hiroaki Nishimura and Hiroshi Azechi",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank the technical support staff at the GEKKO-XII facility for laser operation, target fabrication, and plasma diagnostics. The authors acknowledge Dr. N. Hasegawa (JAEA) and Dr. K. Kondo (TIT) for valuable contributions to this experiment. The authors also thank Prof. J. Honrubia (UPM), Prof. F. Wang (NAO at CAS), Dr. T. Enoto (RIKEN), Dr. D. Salzmann (WI), and Prof. H. Takabe (ILE) for fruitful discussions. This research was supported by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture (MEXT), by Special Education and Research Expenses for {\textquoteleft}Laboratory Astrophysics with High-Power Laser{\textquoteright} and a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A) for {\textquoteleft}Extreme Magnetic Field Generation for Quantum Beam Control and Laboratory X-ray Astronomy (No. 24684044),{\textquoteright} Collaboration Research program by NIFS (NIFS12KUGK057 and NIFS11KUGK054) and by the Institute of Laser Engineering at Osaka University (under contract {\textquoteleft}Laboratory X-ray Astrophysics with Strong Magnetic Field{\textquoteright}).",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1038/srep01170",
language = "English",
volume = "3",
journal = "Scientific reports",
issn = "2045-2322",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
}