Laser-driven ion and electron acceleration from near-critical density gas targets: Towards high-repetition rate operation in the 1 PW, sub-100 fs laser interaction …

V Ospina-Bohórquez, C Salgado-López, M Ehret… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Ion acceleration from gaseous targets driven by relativistic-intensity lasers was
demonstrated as early as the late 1990s, yet most of the experiments conducted to date …

Time-of-flight methodologies with large-area diamond detectors for ion characterization in laser-driven experiments

M Salvadori, G Di Giorgio, M Cipriani… - High Power Laser …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The time-of-flight technique coupled with semiconductor detectors is a powerful instrument
to provide real-time characterization of ions accelerated because of laser–matter …

Extended characterization of alpha particles via laser-induced p-11B fusion reaction in silicon hydrogenated boron-doped thin targets

G Milluzzo, F Belloni, G Petringa… - Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The nuclear fusion channel of the p-11 B reaction producing α particles with multi-MeV
kinetic energies was induced by a sub-nanosecond laser pulse focused onto 10 μm thick …

Novel indium phosphide charged particle detector characterization with a 120 GeV proton beam

S Kim, MB Jadhav, V Berry, JE Metcalfe… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Thin film detectors which incorporate semiconductor materials other than silicon have the
potential to build upon their unique material properties and offer advantages such as faster …

Development of advanced Thomson spectrometers for nuclear fusion experiments initiated by laser

G Di Giorgio, F Consoli, R De Angelis… - Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Thomson Spectrometers are devices capable to separate the several particle species (with
distinct charge-to-mass ratio and energy) produced by the different regimes of laser-matter …

Array of time-of-flight diamond detectors for particle discrimination in laser driven p-11B fusion experiments

C Verona, M Marinelli, AM Raso, GV Rinati… - Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The detection of radiation emission in laser induced plasma experiments is an helpful
method for gaining information on the physics of laser-matter interaction. Time-of-Flight …

Transient electromagnetic fields generated in experiments at the PHELIX laser facility

M Scisciò, F Consoli, M Salvadori… - High Power Laser …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Large-amplitude electromagnetic radiofrequency fields are created by the charge-
separation induced in interactions of high-intensity, short-pulse lasers with solid targets and …

Assessment of sensitivity improvement for Time-Of-Flight schemes in experiments with high intensity lasers.

M Salvadori, F Consoli, C Verona… - Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In the last decades the development of laser-driven acceleration and inertial fusion fields of
research required the commissioning of laser systems with increasing power and repetion …