Instrumentation for diagnostics and control of laser-accelerated proton (ion) beams
P.R. Bolton
(1)
,
M. Borghesi
(2)
,
C. Brenner
(3)
,
D.C. Carroll
(3)
,
C. de Martinis
(4, 5)
,
F. Fiorini
,
A. Flacco
(6)
,
V. Floquet
(7)
,
J. Fuchs
(7)
,
S. Green
(3)
,
J.S. Green
(8)
,
P. Gallegos
(9)
,
D. Giove
(4)
,
B. Jones
(10)
,
D. Kirby
(8)
,
P. Mckenna
(9)
,
D. Neely
(3)
,
F. Nuesslin
(11)
,
R. Prasad
(2)
,
S. Reinhardt
(12)
,
M. Roth
(11)
,
U. Schramm
(13)
,
G.G. Scott
(9)
,
S. Ter-Avetisyan
(2)
,
M. Tolley
(3)
,
G. Turchetti
(14)
,
J.J. Wilkens
(10)
1
KPSI -
Kansai Photon Science Institute
2 Department of Pure and Applied Physics [Belfast]
3 RAL - STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
4 Dipartimento di Fisica [Milano]
5 INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano
6 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée
7 LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses
8 University Hospital Birmingham
9 Department of Physics [Glasgow]
10 TUM - Technische Universität Munchen - Technical University Munich - Université Technique de Munich
11 TU Darmstadt - Technische Universität Darmstadt - Technical University of Darmstadt
12 LMU - Ludwig Maximilian University [Munich] = Ludwig Maximilians Universität München
13 Institute of Radiation Physics [Dresden]
14 UNIBO - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna
2 Department of Pure and Applied Physics [Belfast]
3 RAL - STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
4 Dipartimento di Fisica [Milano]
5 INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano
6 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée
7 LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses
8 University Hospital Birmingham
9 Department of Physics [Glasgow]
10 TUM - Technische Universität Munchen - Technical University Munich - Université Technique de Munich
11 TU Darmstadt - Technische Universität Darmstadt - Technical University of Darmstadt
12 LMU - Ludwig Maximilian University [Munich] = Ludwig Maximilians Universität München
13 Institute of Radiation Physics [Dresden]
14 UNIBO - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna
F. Fiorini
- Fonction : Auteur
J. Fuchs
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 739160
- IdHAL : julienfuchs
- ORCID : 0000-0001-9765-0787
- IdRef : 151929181
Résumé
Suitable instrumentation for laser-accelerated proton (ion) beams is critical for development of integrated, laser-driven ion accelerator systems. Instrumentation aimed at beam diagnostics and control must be applied to the driving laser pulse, the laser-plasma that forms at the target and the emergent proton (ion) bunch in a correlated way to develop these novel accelerators. This report is a brief overview of established diagnostic techniques and new developments based on material presented at the first workshop on 'Instrumentation for Diagnostics and Control of Laser-accelerated Proton (Ion) Beams' in Abingdon, UK. It includes radiochromic film (RCF), image plates (IP), micro-channel plates (MCP), Thomson spectrometers, prompt inline scintillators, time and space-resolved interferometry (TASRI) and nuclear activation schemes. Repetition-rated instrumentation requirements for target metrology are also addressed.