@inproceedings{dc93d35d24e84b76a4bf87afdce4a4de,
title = "Postacceleration of laser-generated high energy protons through conventional accelerator linacs",
abstract = "The post-acceleration of laser-generated protons through conventional drift tube linear accelerators has been simulated with the particle code Parmela. The proton source is generated on the rear surface of a target irradiated by an high-intensity (1019Wcm-2) short-pulse (350 fs) laser and focused by a microlens that allows selecting collimated protons at 7±0.1MeV with rms unnormalized emittance of 0.180 mm.mrad. The simulations show that protons can be accelerated by one drift tube linac tank to more than 14 MeV with unnormalized emittance growth of 8 in x and 22.6 in y directions when considering a total proton charge of 0.112 mA. This result shows for the first time that coupling between laser-plasma accelerators with traditional accelerators is possible, allowing a luminosity gain for the final beam.",
keywords = "Drift tube linac, Hybrid accelerator, Laser-accelerated proton beams, Low emittance beams",
author = "Julien Fuchs and Patrizio Antici and Mauro Fazi and Augusto Lombardi and Mauro Migliorati and Luigi Palumbo and Patrick Audebert",
year = "2008",
month = aug,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1063/1.2958210",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735405455",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "90--95",
booktitle = "Laser-Driven Relativistic Plasmas Applied for Science, Industry, and Medicine - The 1st International Symposium",
note = "1st International Symposium on Laser-Driven Relativistic Plasmas Applied for Science, Industry, and Medicine ; Conference date: 17-09-2007 Through 20-09-2007",
}