The acceleration of ions by ultra-intense lasers has attracted great attention due to the unique properties and the unmatched intensities of the ion beams. In the early days the prospects for applications were already studied, and first experiments have identified some of the areas where laser accelerated ions can contribute to the ongoing inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research. In addition to the idea of laser driven proton fast ignition (PFI) and its use as a novel diagnostic tool for radiography the strong dependence on the electron transport in the target was found to be helpful in investigating the energy transport by electrons in fast ignitor scenarios. More recently an additional idea has been presented to use laser accelerated ion beams as the next generation ion sources, and taking advantage of the luminosity of the beams, to develop a test bed for heavy ion beam driven inertial confinement fusion physics. We review our recent experiments and simulations relevant to ICF research presenting a possible scenario for PFI as well as the prospects for next generation ion sources.
超强激光驱动离子加速因其离子束的独特性质和无与伦比的强度而受到广泛关注。早期阶段，其应用前景已被研究，首批实验已确定了激光加速离子能够为正在进行的惯性约束聚变（ICF）研究作出贡献的若干领域。除了激光驱动质子快点火（PFI）及其作为新型诊断工具用于辐射照相之外，还发现靶内电子输运对能量的强依赖性，这有助于研究快点火方案中电子的能量输运。最近，又提出了一种新思路，即利用激光加速离子束作为下一代离子源，并利用其束流亮度，为重离子束驱动惯性约束聚变物理建立测试平台。本文回顾了我们近期与ICF研究相关的实验和模拟，提出了PFI的一种可能方案，并展望了下一代离子源的前景。