Pilot experiment on proton acceleration using the 25 TW femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser system at PALS

0386753 - FZÚ 2013 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Prokůpek, Jan - Margarone, Daniele - Hřebíček, Jan - Krůs, Miroslav - Velyhan, Andriy - Pšikal, J. - Pfeifer, Miroslav - Mocek, Tomáš - Krása, Josef - Ullschmied, Jiří - Jungwirth, Karel - Korn, Georg - Rus, Bedřich
Pilot experiment on proton acceleration using the 25 TW femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser system at PALS.
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A. Roč. 690, Oct (2012), s. 48-52. ISSN 0168-9002. E-ISSN 1872-9576
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT ED1.1.00/02.0061; GA MŠMT ED2.1.00/01.0027; GA ČR(CZ) GAP205/11/1165; GA MŠMT EE.2.3.20.0087; GA MŠMT LM2010014
Grant - others:ELI Beamlines(XE) CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0061; HILASE(XE) CZ.1.05/2.1.00/01.0027; OP VK 2 LaserGen(XE) CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0087; AVČR(CZ) M100101210
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10100523; CEZ:AV0Z20430508
Keywords : laser driven acceleration * proton beams * ion diagnostics
Subject RIV: BL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics
Impact factor: 1.142, year: 2012

Fast plasma particle streams have been produced from the interaction of thin solid targets with the recently commissioned 25 TW, Ti:Sapphire, femtosecond laser operating at PALS Centre in Prague. A real-time diagnostic system was employed to characterize the produced particles. Low-current proton beams with energies exceeding 2 MeV were detected by a silicon-carbide detector and their typical energy spectrum is reported. High-current slow plasma ions were recorded by ion collectors placed at different distances and angles. Particle streams were characterized with the future aim to use them as probe beams in combination with the kJ-class, iodine, sub-nanosecond laser beamline available at PALS.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0216021