Interaction of Laguerre–Gaussian laser pulses with borane targets of different hydrogen–boron ratio

Abstract

Abstract We study the interaction of high-intensity Laguerre-Gaussian laser pulses with hydrogen–boron compounds targets using 3D particle-in-cell simulations. The ratio of hydrogen to boron is varied throughout different simulation runs as a proxy model for various borane molecules that can be synthesized. We show that the strength of the axial magnetic fields generated via the Inverse Faraday effect depends on the specific ratio of target components, making boranes and the option to tune their composition of interest for proton–boron fusion.