Characterisation of deuterium spectra from laser driven multi-species sources by employing differentially filtered image plate detectors in Thomson spectrometers

0440791 - FZÚ 2015 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Alejo, A. - Kar, S. - Ahmed, H. - Krygier, A.G. - Doria, D. - Clarke, R. - Fernandez, J. - Freeman, R.R. - Fuchs, J. - Green, A. - Green, J.S. - Jung, D. - Kleinschmidt, A. - Lewis, C. L. S. - Morrison, J.T. - Najmudin, Z. - Nakamura, H. - Nersisyan, G. - Norreys, P. - Notley, M. - Oliver, M. - Roth, M. - Ruiz, J.A. - Vassura, L. - Zepf, M. - Borghesi, Marco
Characterisation of deuterium spectra from laser driven multi-species sources by employing differentially filtered image plate detectors in Thomson spectrometers.
Review of Scientific Instruments. Roč. 85, č. 9 (2014), , "093303-1"-"093303-7". ISSN 0034-6748. E-ISSN 1089-7623
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT ED1.1.00/02.0061; GA MŠMT EE2.3.20.0279
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 284464 - LASERLAB-EUROPE
Grant - others:ELI Beamlines(XE) CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0061; LaserZdroj (OP VK 3)(XE) CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0279
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : acceleration driven * plasma interactions * ion-acceleration * generation
Subject RIV: BL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics
Impact factor: 1.614, year: 2014

A novel method for characterising the full spectrum of deuteron ions emitted by laser driven multispecies ion sources is discussed. The procedure is based on using differential filtering over the detector of a Thompson parabola ion spectrometer, which enables discrimination of deuterium ions from heavier ion species with the same charge-to-mass ratio (such as C6+, O8+, etc.). Commonly used Fuji Image plates were used as detectors in the spectrometer, whose absolute response to deuterium ions over a wide range of energies was calibrated by using slotted CR-39 nuclear track detectors. A typical deuterium ion spectrum diagnosed in a recent experimental campaign is presented, which was produced from a thin deuterated plastic foil target irradiated by a high power laser. (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0243868