TY - JOUR
T1 - Advanced diagnostics applied to a laser-driven electron-acceleration experiment
AU - Gamucci, Andrea
AU - Bourgeois, Nicolas
AU - Ceccotti, Tiberio
AU - Dobosz, Sandrine
AU - D'Oliveira, Pascal
AU - Galimberti, Marco
AU - Galy, Jean
AU - Giulietti, Antonio
AU - Giulietti, Danilo
AU - Gizzi, Leonida A.
AU - Hamilton, David J.
AU - Labate, Luca
AU - Marquès, Jean Rahphaël
AU - Monot, Pascal
AU - Popescu, Horia
AU - Reau, Fabrice
AU - Sarri, Gianluca
AU - Tomassini, Paolo
AU - Martin, Philippe
PY - 2008/8/1
Y1 - 2008/8/1
N2 - In this paper, the interaction of 10-TW laser pulses, focused at moderately relativistic intensity, with a supersonic helium gas-jet has been investigated by varying gas density and jet nozzle. We have successfully tested several advanced diagnostic devices to characterize the plasma and the accelerated electron bunches. Plasma densities have been measured by means of a femtosecond high-resolution interferometer, while the electron beams were analyzed with a stack of radiochromic films, a beam-profile monitor, a magnetic spectrometer, and a nuclear activation setup based on gamma-ray generation via electron bremsstrahlung. We present the results as well as the basic features and relevant details of such diagnostics whose performances can fit a large class of experiments.
AB - In this paper, the interaction of 10-TW laser pulses, focused at moderately relativistic intensity, with a supersonic helium gas-jet has been investigated by varying gas density and jet nozzle. We have successfully tested several advanced diagnostic devices to characterize the plasma and the accelerated electron bunches. Plasma densities have been measured by means of a femtosecond high-resolution interferometer, while the electron beams were analyzed with a stack of radiochromic films, a beam-profile monitor, a magnetic spectrometer, and a nuclear activation setup based on gamma-ray generation via electron bremsstrahlung. We present the results as well as the basic features and relevant details of such diagnostics whose performances can fit a large class of experiments.
KW - Advanced diagnostics
KW - Laser-plasma acceleration
KW - Plasma measurements
U2 - 10.1109/TPS.2008.2000898
DO - 10.1109/TPS.2008.2000898
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:50249156974
SN - 0093-3813
VL - 36
SP - 1699
EP - 1706
JO - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
JF - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
IS - 4 PART 4
ER -