Employing laser-accelerated proton beams to diagnose high intensity laser-plasma interactions

  • G. Sarri
  • , C. A. Cecchetti
  • , K. Quinn
  • , P. A. Norreys
  • , R. Trines
  • , O. Willi
  • , J. Fuchs
  • , P. McKenna
  • , M. Quinn
  • , F. Pegoraro
  • , S. V. Bulanov
  • , M. Borghesi

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Abstract

A review of the proton radiography technique will be presented. This technique employs laser-accelerated laminar bunches of protons to diagnose the temporal and spatial characteristic of the electric and magnetic fields generated during high-intensity laser-plasma interactions. The remarkable temporal and spatial resolution that this technique can achieve (of the order of a picosecond and a few microns respectively) candidates this technique as the preferrable one, if compared to other techniques, to probe high intensity laser-matterinteractions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLight at Extreme Intensities 2011
Pages149-154
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2012
EventLight at Extreme Intensities 2011, LEI 2011 - Szeged, Hungary
Duration: 14 Nov 201118 Nov 2011

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1462
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

ConferenceLight at Extreme Intensities 2011, LEI 2011
Country/TerritoryHungary
CitySzeged
Period14/11/1118/11/11

Keywords

  • electromagnetic solitons
  • laser-plasma interactions
  • proton radiography

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