The 3rd ELIMED Workshop MEDical and multidisciplinary applications of laser-driven ion beams at ELI-Beamlines

Session

Non-conventional Ion Acceleration Techniques

7 Sept 2016, 10:05

Conference Hall (Laboratori Nazionali del Sud of INFN)

Conveners

Non-conventional Ion Acceleration Techniques

• Georg Korn (x)

Non-conventional Ion Acceleration Techniques

• Georg Korn (x)

35. Towards viable Laser-driven ION (LION) sources for applications – LION at the Center for Advanced Laser Applications (CALA)

Dr Daniel Haffa (LMU Munich), Prof. Jörg Schreiber (LMU Munich)

07/09/2016, 10:05

Invited Review

One of the most intriguing features of laser-driven ion sources is their potentially short duration and micrometer small source size (low longitudinal and transverse emittance), which is a direct consequence of the highly intense laser pulses at play. My talk will impart the most relevant underlying principles of laser ion acceleration, supported by recent examples demonstrating this potential...

36. All-optical hadrontherapy

Dr Stepan Bulanov (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

07/09/2016, 11:05

Invited Review

The laser driven ion acceleration is considered a promising candidate for an ion source for hadron therapy. The reduced cost and size, as well as the intrinsic flexibility of laser ion accelerators compared to the conventional ones can increase the availability of the ion beams and provide particle therapy to a broader range of patients. I will review and discuss different schemes of laser ion...

37. Proton beam optimization by innovative target schemes

Dr S. Kar (QUB)

07/09/2016, 11:45

Invited

All-optical approaches to particle acceleration are currently attracting a significant research effort internationally. A recently developed concept of a versatile, miniature linear accelerating module to achieve simultaneous focusing, energy selection and post-acceleration of the proton beams will be discussed. In a proof-of-principle experiment on a 200 TW university-scale laser, we...

38. Radiation Pressure Acceleration: Perspectives and Limits

Dr Andrea Macchi (CNR, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, u.o.s Adriano Gozzini, Pisa, Italy)

07/09/2016, 12:10

Invited

The "light sail" (LS) concept, i.e. the radiation pressure acceleration (RPA) of ultrathin targets was recently in press highlights because of the "breakthrough starshot" proposal for sending space probes beyond the solar system, thanks to the high acceleration efficiency. Scaled down to femtosecond lasers with petawatt power, amongst the different mechanisms for laser-plasma based ion...

81. High Intensity Laser Interaction Studies at BELLA

Dr Sven Steinke (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

07/09/2016, 12:35

Oral contribution

High intensity laser interaction studies with the BELLA laser at LBNL are summarized. The BELLA laser is a state-of-the-art Ti:sapphire laser system that delivers ~1 PW (40 J in 35 fs) laser pulses at 1 Hz. The BELLA laser has been used primarily for electron acceleration experiments in underdense plasma using a long focal length beamline that delivers laser pulses with a spot size of 53...