@inproceedings{ffd76226fbe144ea92ce5f0127f2a9a1,
title = "Laser-based proton acceleration experiments at the ALLS facility using a 200 TW high intensity laser system",
abstract = "Collimated beams of energetic protons are produced by the interaction of short duration high intensity laser pulses with solid foils. This field has been the subject of many studies in the last decade. This interest is motivated by the wide range of application of such beams: ion based fast ignitor schemes, probing of electromagnetic fields in plasma, isotope production or hadron therapy. The recently commissioned 200 TW laser system (5 J, 25 fs, 10 10 laser pulse contrast, 10 Hz repetition rate at 800 nm) at the Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS) facility has been used to study proton acceleration with femtosecond laser pulses. The proton spectrum was characterized using a time of flight detector. Due to the high contrast of the laser pulse, foil targets as thin as 30 nm could be studied.",
keywords = "High contrast ratio laser pulses, High intensity laser system, Laser based ions source, Laser plasma interaction",
author = "S. Fourmaux and S. Buffechoux and B. Albertazzi and S. Gnedyuk and L. Lecherbourg and S. Payeur and P. Audebert and D. Houde and R. Marjoribanks and F. Martin and H. P{\'e}pin and J. Fuchs and Kieffer, \{J. C.\}",
year = "2010",
month = nov,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1117/12.873090",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780819482419",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Photonics North 2010",
note = "Photonics North 2010 ; Conference date: 01-06-2010 Through 03-06-2010",
}