The LILIA (Light ions laser induced acceleration) experiment at LNF

Author

Agosteo, S. ; Anania, M.P. ; Buccolieri, G. ; Caresana, M. ; De Martinis, C. ; Delle Side, Domenico ; Fazzi, A. ; Galli, Giulia ; Giove, D. ; Giulielli, D. ; Gizzi, L. ; Labale, L. ; Londrillo, P. ; Nassisi, V. ; Pola, A. ; Sinigardi, S. ; Turchetti, Gius

Author_Institution

Polytech. of Milan, Milan, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The Project LILIA[1] (ligth ions laser induced acceleration) is an experiment now running at LNF (Frascati) with the goal of producing a real proton beam able to be driven for significant distances (50-75 cm) away from the interaction point and which will act as a source for further accelerating structures. In this paper we report the description of the experimental set-up and the very preliminary results of the laser interaction with a spécifie target. The goal consists on the study of the correlation of the maximum TNSA (target normal shift acceleration) accelerated proton energy with respect to the following parameters: Laser pulse intensity (in the range 10¹⁸ - 5×10¹⁹ W/cm²) Laser pulse energy (in the range 0.1-5 J) Laser pulse length (in the range 25 fs- 1ps) Metallic target thickness (in the range 1-10 microns).

Keywords

laser beams; LILIA; accelerated proton energy; accelerating structures; energy 0.1 J to 5 J; laser interaction; laser pulse energy; laser pulse intensity; laser pulse length; light ion laser induced acceleration; metallic target thickness; proton beam; target normal shift acceleration; time 25 fs to 1 ps; Acceleration; Detectors; Educational institutions; Films; Gas lasers; Protons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0593-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801173

Filename

6801173