Laser-plasma acceleration with self-injection: A test experiment
for the sub-PW FLAME laser system at LNF-Frascati
Year: 2009
Authors: Gizzi LA., Anelli F., Benedetti C., Cecchetti C.A., Clozza A., Di Pirro G., Drenska N., R. Faccini R., Giulietti D., Filippetto D., Fioravanti S., Gamucci A., Labate L., Levato T., Lollo V., Londrillo P., Pace E., Turchetti G., Vaccarezza C., Valente P., Vicario C.
Autors Affiliation: ILIL-IPCF, CNR – Pisa, Italy;
INFN, Sezione di Pisa – Pisa, Italy;
LNF, INFN – Frascati, Italy;
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitą La Sapienza – Rome, Italy;
INFN, Sezione di Roma-1 – Rome, Italy;
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitą di Bologna – Bologna, Italy;
INFN, Sezione di Bologna – Bologna, Italy;
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitą di Pisa – Pisa, Italy;
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universitą di Bologna and INAF Sezione di Bologna – Bologna, Italy
Abstract: Laser-driven plasma acceleration is now being considered world-wide
as a promising technique for the development of a new class of particle accelerators.
The INFN-PLASMONX project aims at exploring this scenario using ultra-short
laser pulses of the 0.3 PW, Ti:Sa laser system FLAME (Frascati Laser for Acceleration
and Multidisciplinary Experiments). A self-injection test experiment (SITE)
is being designed and set up to study electron acceleration at the sub GeV energy
level. In this paper we describe the planned experiment, including the numerical
modelling, the main plasma diagnostics and the electron spectrometer.
Journal/Review: JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS
Volume: 32 (3/4) Pages from: 433 to: 436
KeyWords: laser-plasma