Speaker
Dr
Hans-Peter Schlenvoigt
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf)
Description
With the recent upgrade, the DRACO Ti:Sa laser at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf (HZDR), became a multi-beam, multi-target-area laser facility, delivering pulses of 30 fs pulse duration with energies of up to currently 30 J. The implementation of a "plug-in" plasma mirror allows to study the scaling of ion acceleration performance with laser pulse energy, temporal pulse contrast and target thickness while all further, typically facility-dependent conditions remain fixed. For the studies, a suite of single-shot, online diagnostics to monitor pre-interaction laser pulse parameters, laser-plasma interaction and ion beam characteristics was employed. In addition, a proton beamline based on pulsed solenoids was characterized in order to deliver proton pulses into a 5×5×5 mm³ target volume with homogenized lateral and depth dose profiles and average dose rates relevant for experimental cancer therapy studies.
Primary author
Dr
Hans-Peter Schlenvoigt
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf)
Co-authors
Mr
Alexander Jahn
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Mr
Florian Kroll
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Mr
Florian-Emanuel Brack
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Dr
Josefine Metzkes
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Dr
Karl Zeil
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Mr
Lennart Gaus
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Mrs
Lieselotte Obst
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Mr
Martin Rehwald
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Mr
René Gebhardt
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Mr
Stefan Bock
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Dr
Stephan Kraft
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Mr
Tim Ziegler
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Prof.
Ulrich Schramm
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Mr
Uwe Helbig
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
