Deuteron ions accelerated from the rear-surface of laser irradiated flat-foil targets have been observed with energies up to 7 MeV. The observations were made using a compact design Thomson Parabola Spectrometer with a static magnetic field strength of around 0.8 T and an electric field strength of around 3 kV. The ions were accelerated from the rear surface by the Target-Normal-Sheath-Acceleration mechanism 1 . The targets were 500x500x3 !lm 3 silicon substrates, etched from rigid wafers, coated with 50 nm of AI. The laser was incident into the etched-out cavity at the front of the wafer. The rear surface of the wafer was coated with a solution of deuterated plastic (Cambridge isotopes CD 98%) dissolved in toluene in the ratio of 1:150. Upon evaporation of the toluene, a residue of CD with a thickness of about! !lm constituted the deuteron source and the target final layer. The experiments were performed on the GHOST laser facility at