HELL: high-energy electrons by laser light, a user-oriented experimental platform at ELI Beamlines

0501432 - FZÚ 2019 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Levato, Tadzio - Bonora, S. - Grittani, Gabriele Maria - Lazzarini, Carlo Maria - Nawaz, Muhammad F. - Nevrkla, Michal - Villanova, L. - Ziano, Roberto - Bassanese, S. - Bobrova, N. - Casarin, K. - Chacon-Golcher, Edwin - Gu, Yanjun - Khikhlukha, Danila - Kramer, Daniel - Lonza, M. - Margarone, Daniele - Olšovcová, Veronika - Rosinski, M. - Rus, Bedřich - Sasorov, Pavel - Versaci, Roberto - Zaras-Szydlowska, A. - Bulanov, Sergey V. - Korn, Georg
HELL: high-energy electrons by laser light, a user-oriented experimental platform at ELI Beamlines.
Applied Sciences-Basel. Roč. 8, č. 9 (2018), s. 1-20, č. článku 1565. E-ISSN 2076-3417
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LQ1606
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : LWFA * laser-plasma acceleration * laser-driven electron acceleration * ultrahigh intensity laser-matter interaction * laser-electron collider * laser counter-propagation
OECD category: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Impact factor: 2.217, year: 2018

Laser wake field acceleration (LWFA) is an efficient method to accelerate electron beams to high energy. This is a benefit in research infrastructures where a multidisciplinary environment can benefit from the different secondary sources enabled, having the opportunity to extend the range of applications that is accessible and to develop new ideas for fundamental studies. The ELI Beamline project is oriented to deliver such beams to the scientific community both for applied and fundamental research. The driver laser is a Ti:Sa diode-pumped system , running at a maximum performance of 10 Hz, 30 J, and 30 fs. The possibilities to setup experiments using different focal lengths parabolas, as well as the possibility to counter-propagate a second laser beam intrinsically synchronized, are considered in the electron acceleration program.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0293732