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Laser initiated p-11B fusion reactions in petawatt high-repetition-rates laser facilities
M. Scisciò, G. Petringa, Z. Zhu +43
Driving the nuclear fusion reaction p+11B -> 3 alpha + 8.7 MeV in laboratory conditions, by interaction between high-power laser pulses and matter, has become a popular field of re…
Radioisotopes production using lasers: from basic science to applications
M. R. D. Rodrigues, A. Bonasera, M. Scisciò +37
Laser technologies improved after the understanding of the Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) which allows energetic laser beams to be compressed to tens of femtosecond (fs) pulse d…
Laser-driven ion and electron acceleration from near-critical density gas targets: towards high-repetition rate operation in the 1 PW, sub-100 fs laser interaction regime
V. Ospina-Bohórquez, C. Salgado-López, M. Ehret +34
Ion acceleration from gaseous targets driven by relativistic-intensity lasers was demonstrated as early as the late 90s, yet most of the experiments conducted to date have involved…
A Platform for Ultra-fast Proton Probing of Matter in Extreme Conditions
Luca Volpe, Alberto Perez, Teresa Cebriano +4
Recent development of Ultra short and Intense laser system paved the way for the generation of short and brilliant proton sources that can be used to study plasmas at extreme condi…
High-repetition-rate solid tape target delivery system for ultra-intense laser-matter interaction at CLPU
Michael Ehret, Diego de Luis, Jon Imanol Apiñaniz +6
The VEGA-3 laser system at the Centro de Láseres Pulsados (CLPU) delivers laser pulses up to 1PW at 1Hz repetition rate, focused to intensities up to 2.5e20W/cm2. A versatile and c…
Parametric study on ion acceleration from the interaction of ultra-high intensity laser pulses with near-critical density gas targets
V. Ospina-Bohórquez, A. Debayle, J. J. Santos +2
We present a parametric study based on 1-D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations conducted with the objective of understanding the interaction of intense lasers with near-critical non…
Guided Electromagnetic Discharge Pulses Driven by Short Intense Laser Pulses: Characterisation and Modelling
M. Ehret, M. Bailly-Grandvaux, Ph. Korneev +13
Strong electromagnetic pulses (EMP) are generated from intense laser interactions with solid-density targets, and can be guided by the target geometry, specifically through conduct…
Ablation Holes in Tape Targets Induced by Ultra-Intense Laser Pulses
Michael Ehret, Jon Imanol Apiñaniz, Jose Luis Henares +5
We present a theoretical modelling able to predict the dimensions of mm-sized through-holes produced in interactions of the 1 PW high-power 30fs Ti:Sa laser VEGA-3 with tape target…
Mode Control of Electro-Magnetic Pulses in the VHF Band
M. Ehret, L. Volpe, J. I. Apiñaniz +2
We present experimental results for the controlled mitigation of electromagnetic pulses (EMP) produced in interactions of the 1PW high-power 30fs Ti:Sa laser VEGA-3 with matter. Th…
Time-Of-Flight methodologies with large-area diamond detectors for the effectively characterization of tens of MeV protons
M. Salvadori, P. L. Andreoli, M. Cipriani +11
A novel detector based on a polycrystalline diamond sensor is here employed in an advanced Time-Of-Flight scheme for the characterization of energetic ions accelerated during laser…
Ion acceleration by an ultrashort laser pulse interacting with a near-critical-density gas jet
M. Ehret, C. Salgado-Lopez, V. Ospina-Bohorquez +28
We demonstrate laser-driven Helium ion acceleration with cut-off energies above 25 MeV and peaked ion number above /MeV for 22(2) MeV projectiles from near-critical density…
A quasi-monoenergetic short time duration compact proton source for probing high energy density states of matter
J. I. Apiñaniz, S. Malko, R. Fedosejevs +15
We report on the development of a highly directional, narrow energy band, short time duration proton beam operating at high repetition rate, suitable for measurements of stopping p…
Integrated quantitative PIXE analysis and EDX spectroscopy using a laser-driven particle source
F. Mirani, A. Maffini, F. Casamichiela +17
Among the existing elemental characterization techniques, Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) and Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy are two of the most widely used in d…
Enhanced relativistic-electron beam collimation using two consecutive laser pulses
S. Malko, X. Vaisseau, F. Perez +8
The double laser pulse approach to relativistic electron beam (REB) collimation has been investigated at the LULI-ELFIE facility. In this scheme, the magnetic field generated by th…
A 2D scintillator based proton detector for HRR experiments
M. Huault, D. De Luis, J. Alpinaniz +7
We present a scintillator based detector able to measure both spatial and energy information at High repetition rate (HRR) with a relatively simple design. It has been built at the…
Development of an adjustable Kirkpatrick-Baez microscope for laser driven x-ray sources at CLPU
G. Zeraouli, G. gatti, A. Longman +6
A promising prototype of a highly adjustable Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) microscope has been designed, built and tested in a number of laser driven x-ray experiments using the high power…
Generation of high energy laser-driven electron and proton sources with the 200 TW system VEGA 2 at the Centro de Laseres Pulsados
L. Volpe, R. Fedosejevs, G. Gatti +23
The Centro de Laseres Pulsados in Salamanca Spain has recently started operation phase and the first User access period on the 6 J 30 fs 200 TW system (VEGA 2) already started at t…
X-ray phase-contrast imaging for laser-induced shock waves
L. Antonelli, F. Barbato, P. Neumayer +10
X-ray phase-contrast imaging (XPCI) is a versatile technique with wide-ranging applications, particularly in the fields of biology and medicine. Where X-ray absorption radiography…