A new energy spectrum reconstruction method for time-of-flight diagnostics of high-energy laser-driven protons

0521628 - FZÚ 2020 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Milluzzo, G. - Scuderi, Valentina - Alejo, A. - Amico, A.G. - Booth, N. - Borghesi, M. - Cirrone, G. A. P. - Cuttone, G. - Doria, D. - Green, J. - Kar, S. - Korn, Georg - Larosa, G. - Leanza, R. - Margarone, Daniele - Martin, P. - McKenna, P. - Petringa, G. - Pipek, J. - Romagnani, L. - Romano, F. - Russo, A. - Schillaci, Francesco
A new energy spectrum reconstruction method for time-of-flight diagnostics of high-energy laser-driven protons.
Review of Scientific Instruments. Roč. 90, č. 8 (2019), s. 1-7, č. článku 083303. ISSN 0034-6748. E-ISSN 1089-7623
Grant CEP: GA MŠMT EF16_019/0000789; GA MŠMT LQ1606
Grant ostatní: OP VVV - ADONIS(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000789
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378271
Klíčová slova: ions * design * plasma simulation * proton acceleration
Obor OECD: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Impakt faktor: 1.480, rok: 2019
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5082746

The Time-of-Flight (TOF) technique coupled with semiconductorlike detectors, as silicon carbide and diamond, is one of the most promising diagnostic methods for high-energy, high repetition rate, laser-accelerated ions allowing a full on-line beam spectral characterization. A new analysis method for reconstructing the energy spectrum of high-energy laser-driven ion beams from TOF signals is hereby presented and discussed. The proposed method takes into account the detector's working principle, through the accurate calculation of the energy loss in the detector active layer, using Monte Carlo simulations. The analysis method was validated against well-established diagnostics, such as the Thomson parabola spectrometer, during an experimental campaign carried out at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) with the high-energy laser-driven protons accelerated by the VULCAN Petawatt laser.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0306224