Results of a laser-driven electron acceleration experiment and perspectives of application for nuclear studies

A. Gamucci; N. Bourgeois; T. Ceccotti; X. Davoine; S. Dobosz; P. D'Oliveira; M. Galimberti; J. Galy; A. Giulietti; D. Giulietti; L. A. Gizzi; D. J. Hamilton; L. Labate; E. Lefebvre; J. R. Marquès; P. Martin; P. Monot; H. Popescu; F. Réau; G. Sarri; P. Tomassini

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Results of a laser-driven electron acceleration experiment and perspectives of application for nuclear studies

A. Gamucci
, N. Bourgeois
, T. Ceccotti
, X. Davoine
, S. Dobosz
, P. D'Oliveira
, M. Galimberti
, J. Galy
, A. Giulietti
, D. Giulietti
, L. A. Gizzi
, D. J. Hamilton
, L. Labate
, E. Lefebvre
, J. R. Marquès
, P. Martin
, P. Monot
, H. Popescu
, F. Réau
, G. Sarri

P. Tomassini

IPCFCNR
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
DSM/SPAM
Centre d'Etudes de Limeil-Valenton
Central Laser Facility
European Commission Joint Research Centre
University of Pisa
University of Glasgow
Queen's University of Belfast
Sezione INFN di Milano

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High-energy electrons can be produced in interactions of intense, ultra-short laser pulses with plasmas. Experiments conducted in the regime of moderate laser power (a few terawatts [TW]) are attracting increasing attention for their possibility of optimizing the acceleration process. Here we report the successful production of several-MeV electron bunches in interactions of femtosecond laser pulses from a 10TW tabletop laser with supersonic gas-jets. The laser-plasma interaction and the obtained electron bunches have been characterized in detail, and conditions for stable and reproducible acceleration have been found. The accelerated electron bunches have been characterized by means of the measurement of the induced photo-activation of a gold sample via bremsstrahlung-generation of photons with suitable energy. The obtained result opens up a wide range of possible applications of the compact electron source for the concerns of nuclear physics studies. Some of them are briefly considered in this paper.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	774-779
Number of pages	6
Journal	Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids
Volume	165
Issue number	6-10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10420151003731983
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2010

Keywords

Compact radiation source
Laser-driven acceleration
Plasmas

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Gamucci, A., Bourgeois, N., Ceccotti, T., Davoine, X., Dobosz, S., D'Oliveira, P., Galimberti, M., Galy, J., Giulietti, A., Giulietti, D., Gizzi, L. A., Hamilton, D. J., Labate, L., Lefebvre, E., Marquès, J. R., Martin, P., Monot, P., Popescu, H., Réau, F., ... Tomassini, P. (2010). Results of a laser-driven electron acceleration experiment and perspectives of application for nuclear studies. Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 165(6-10), 774-779. https://doi.org/10.1080/10420151003731983

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