Accurate spectra for high energy ions by advanced time-of-flight diamond-detector schemes in experiments with high energy and intensity lasers.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 Feb 2021
04 Feb 2021
Historique:
received:
04
02
2020
accepted:
14
01
2021
entrez:
5
2
2021
pubmed:
6
2
2021
medline:
6
2
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Time-Of-Flight (TOF) methods are very effective to detect particles accelerated in laser-plasma interactions, but they show significant limitations when used in experiments with high energy and intensity lasers, where both high-energy ions and remarkable levels of ElectroMagnetic Pulses (EMPs) in the radiofrequency-microwave range are generated. Here we describe a novel advanced diagnostic method for the characterization of protons accelerated by intense matter interactions with high-energy and high-intensity ultra-short laser pulses up to the femtosecond and even future attosecond range. The method employs a stacked diamond detector structure and the TOF technique, featuring high sensitivity, high resolution, high radiation hardness and high signal-to-noise ratio in environments heavily affected by remarkable EMP fields. A detailed study on the use, the optimization and the properties of a single module of the stack is here described for an experiment where a fast diamond detector is employed in an highly EMP-polluted environment. Accurate calibrated spectra of accelerated protons are presented from an experiment with the femtosecond Flame laser (beyond 100 TW power and ~ 10
Identifiants
pubmed: 33542470
doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-82655-w
pii: 10.1038/s41598-021-82655-w
pmc: PMC7862373
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
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3071Subventions
Organisme : EC|EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020|H2020 Euratom (H2020 Euratom Research and Training Programme 2014-2018)
ID : 633053
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