In this work we investigated the use of a plasma shutter in the form of a thin foil for laser-driven ion acceleration enhancement. It is shown with the help of 3D particle-in-cell simulations that the laser pulse intensity can be increased and its profile steepened after burning through the plasma shutter. The enhanced intensity profile has a positive effect on the subsequent ion acceleration from the main foil, significantly increasing the maximal ion energy. The pre-expansion of the plasma shutter caused by prepulses is investigated using 2D hydrodynamic simulations. A scheme using a double plasma shutter configuration (the first one filtering out the prepulses and the second one shaping the main pulse) is proposed.
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