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EuPRAXIA-DN Camp I: Technologies

7–8 Apr 2025
CNR Area della Ricerca di PISA
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  1. 1. Welcome / admin & logistics
    Carsten Peter Welsch, Hannah Acton (University of Liverpool/Cockcroft Institute)
    07/04/2025, 09:00
  2. 30. Laser Technology
    Dr Leonida Antonio Gizzi (CNR - INO, and INFN - Sez. di Pisa)
    07/04/2025, 09:30
    Oral Presentation

    The talk will provide an overview of high power lasers and short pulse ultraintense lasers, also discussing key properties of amplifying lasing media for short-pulse amplification.
    An overview of ultraintense laser systems will be given, discussing main issues, from amplification to plasma, including focal spot quality, temporal contrast etc. Scaling of laser technology to drive future large...

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  3. 4. Laser Manipulation
    Marta Fajardo (Instituto Superior Técnico)
    07/04/2025, 11:00
  4. 21. Laser beams under tight focusing conditions and electron charge diagnostics in a laser-plasma environment
    David Gregocki (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto Nazionale di Ottica)
    07/04/2025, 12:00
    Oral Presentation

    Part I: Laser beams under tight focusing conditions

    Off-axis parabolic mirrors are commonly used in high-power laser facilities for a variety of purposes, as they are able to focus laser pulses to relativistic intensities. Particularly, in the laser interaction with plasma or solids, it is highly desirable to have precise knowledge of the spatial and temporal structures of the incident...

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  5. 31. Design and Optimization
    Sören Jalas
    07/04/2025, 14:00
    Oral Presentation

    Particle accelerators based on plasma waves promise revolutionary advancements in compact accelerator technology. To design and reliably operate these advanced accelerators, rapid yet accurate simulations and efficient optimization tools are essential. In this talk, I will provide a concise overview of the state-of-the-art in plasma accelerator modeling, highlighting fundamental simulation...

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  6. 7. Plasma Mirror-Enabled Non Linear Compton Scattering: An Approach to GeV scale Photon Generation
    Flanish Dsouza (Lund University)
    07/04/2025, 15:00
  7. 22. Latest trends in Laser Wakefield Acceleration
    Andrea Macchi (CNR, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, u.o.s Adriano Gozzini, Pisa, Italy)
    07/04/2025, 15:15
    Oral Presentation

    Twenty years after the celebrated "dream beam" experiments, laser wakefield acceleration has reached new milestones. For instance in 2024 electron energies up 10 GeV were reached in two different experiments, while other parameters of beam and source quality has been improved. Such progress has been achieved by either exploiting novel ideas or putting together already known concepts for key...

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  8. 23. Discharge Plasma Source for Laser Plasma Accelerator at ELI Beamlines
    Alex Johannes Whitehead
    07/04/2025, 16:00
    Oral Presentation

    A. Whitehead 1,2, M. Miceski1,2, R. Demitra3,4, P. Zimmermann1, S. Niekrasz1, A. Jancarek1,2, S. Maity1, P. Sasorov1, J. T. Green1 and A. Molodozhentsev1

    *1 ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Za Radnicí 835, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic
    2 Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Břehová 7, 115 19...

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  9. 32. Laser-Plasma Accelerators as Compact Radiation Sources
    Daniele Francescone (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
    07/04/2025, 16:15
    Oral Presentation

    Since the invention of Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA), laser-driven plasma acceleration (LWFA) has experienced an exponential increase in performance, leading to a growing number of applications. These extend beyond particle acceleration, positioning LWFA as a promising source of radiation across a broad spectral range, from terahertz to gamma rays, potentially serving as a viable...

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  10. 33. Beam Driven Plasma Sources
    Romain Demitra (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
    07/04/2025, 16:30
    Oral Presentation

    This talk provides an overview of recent progress and future directions in the development of plasma sources for beam-driven acceleration. I will review key achievements in designing and testing plasma discharge systems capable of generating long, uniform plasma channels for efficient acceleration. Emphasis is placed on high repetition rate operation, where experimental studies have...

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  11. 34. Diagnostics for beam and plasma
    Prof. Alessandro Cianchi (Tor Vergata University and INFN)
    08/04/2025, 09:00
    Oral Presentation

    Plasma-based acceleration is a promising technology for next-generation
    particle accelerators, enabling high-gradient acceleration over compact
    distances. However, accurate diagnostics are crucial to fully exploit
    its potential.

    In this talk, we will explore the diagnostics of both particle beams
    used to drive plasma acceleration and those accelerated within plasma
    structures. We will...

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  12. 35. Solid-state plasma-based wakefield accelerators
    Bifeng Lei (University of Liverpool)
    08/04/2025, 10:00
    Oral Presentation

    The development of ultra-compact plasma-based particle accelerators is primarily beneficial from the ultra-high acceleration gradient, which is achieved through coherent plasma wave excitation driven by high-intensity beams, such as photon or charged particle beams. The acceleration field in plasma wave is dependent upon the plasma density. The current state-of-the-art gaseous plasma-based...

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  13. 29. Generating VHEE Beams from a Laser-Plasma Accelerator and Characterizing their Stability for Medical Applications
    Chaitanya Varma (Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée)
    08/04/2025, 10:15
    Oral Presentation

    Laser-driven Plasma Accelerators (LPAs) have emerged as compact (sub-)picosecond sources of Very High Energy Electron (VHEE, energy ≥ 50 MeV) beams. VHEE beams are of great interest to the medical physics community for their applications in radiotherapy in the Ultra-High Dose-Rate (UHDR) domain. Our experiments focus on optimizing VHEE beam stability and reproducibility from an LPA.

    Using...

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  14. 24. Advances in sCVD Diamond Detectors: Quality Control, Energy Resolution, and Statistical Fluctuations
    Divya Divya (TU Wien & CIVIDEC Instrumentation GmbH)
    08/04/2025, 11:00
    Oral Presentation

    Radiation detectors based on wide-bandgap semiconductors, such
    as single-crystal chemical vapor deposition (sCVD) diamond, have gained significant attention due to their versatility and potential for beam monitoring in demanding environments. sCVD diamond detectors, in particular, are promising candidates for high-energy particle physics experiments, beam diagnostics in accelerator...

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  15. 25. Single-shot spectrometer with pointing angle correction for laser-driven electron beams featuring moderate pointing instability and transverse inhomogeneity
    Simon Vlachos (CNR-INO)
    08/04/2025, 11:15
    Oral Presentation

    Electron beams produced via Laser WakeField Acceleration, which relies upon several nonlinear processes, can be notoriously affected by a non-negligible pointing instability, which makes the retrieval of the energy spectrum via magnetic dipole-based spectrometers particularly prone to energy miscalculations. For this reason, various spectrometer configurations have already been suggested to...

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  16. 37. Designing a femtosecond-resolution longitudinal profile monitor using simulated and experimental coherent transition radiation images
    Ana Maria Guisao Betancur (University of Liverpool)
    08/04/2025, 11:30
    Oral Presentation

    Ultra-short bunch length measurements with femtosecond (fs) resolution are essential for characterizing electron beams in novel accelerator experiments like EuPRAXIA and any other short pulse accelerators, such as Free Electron Lasers (FELs). This contribution shows the progress towards a non-invasive and single-shot longitudinal profile monitor by showcasing a prototype of a broadband imaging...

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  17. 38. Measurement of femtosecond incoherent XUV pulses using shot-noise-driven fluctuations in plasma betatron sources
    Alessandro Curcio (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
    08/04/2025, 12:00
    Oral Presentation

    The duration of incoherent XUV pulses down to the femtoseconds (fs) can be retrieved through a statistical analysis of the modulations on the observed radiation spectrum. Uncorrelated shot-noise fluctuations in the pulse temporal profile result in incoherent radiation showing a multispike spectrum where the spike width is inversely proportional to the pulse length. In this Letter, single-shot...

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  18. 39. Synchronization in plasma accelerators
    Luca Piersanti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
    08/04/2025, 14:00
    Oral Presentation

    This presentation provides an overview of synchronization systems for plasma accelerators, focusing on the critical role of phase stability in ensuring the successful operation of these advanced facilities. We begin with an introduction to the fundamentals of phase noise in oscillators, including its sources and methods of measurement, which are essential for understanding the challenges faced...

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  19. 27. Status of X-Band LLRF Prototype Development
    Phani Deep Meruga
    08/04/2025, 15:00
    Oral Presentation

    EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB is the next generation free-electron laser (FEL) aimed at developing a compact, cost-effective particle accelerator based on the wake-field accelerator technology. High-energy physics demands higher acceleration voltages and advancing accelerator technology to higher frequencies enables the achievement of high gradients within shorter accelerating structures. The LINAC...

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  20. 36. Development of a Gas-Jet based Ionization Profile Monitor for Proton FLASH Therapy
    Mrs Farhana Thesni Mada Parambil (University of Liverpool/ Cockcroft Institute)
    08/04/2025, 15:20
    Oral Presentation

    The global acceptance of proton therapy for cancer treatment due to the conformal dose delivery to the tumour and effective sparing of normal tissue, by the benefit of Bragg peak, has been significantly increased recently. This further lead into the development of advanced treatment delivery techniques such as proton FLASH therapy utilising instantaneous Ultra High Dose Rates. With the FLASH...

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  21. 2. Putting it all together / Discussion
    Carsten Peter Welsch
    08/04/2025, 15:40
  22. 5. Beam Driven Plasma Sources
    Romain Demitra (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
  23. 11. Compact IPM Design for Proton FLASH Therapy
    Mrs Farhana Thesni Mada Parambil (University of Liverpool/ Cockcroft Institute)
  24. 6. Design and Optimization
    Sören Jalas
  25. 15. Designing a Femtosecond Resolution Longitudinal Profile Monitor using Coherent Transition Radiation Simulations and Measurements
    Ana Maria Guisao Betancur (University of Liverpool)
  26. 26. Designing a femtosecond-resolution longitudinal profile monitor using simulated and experimental coherent transition radiation images
    Ana Maria Guisao Betancur (University of Liverpool)
    Oral Presentation

    Ultra-short bunch length measurements with femtosecond (fs) resolution are essential for characterizing electron beams in novel accelerator experiments like EuPRAXIA and any other short pulse accelerators, such as Free Electron Lasers (FELs). This contribution shows the progress towards a non-invasive and single-shot longitudinal profile monitor by showcasing a prototype of a broadband imaging...

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  27. 10. Diagnostics for beam and plasma
    Prof. Alessandro Cianchi (Tor Vergata University and INFN)
  28. 9. Discharge Plasma Source for Laser Plasma Accelerator at ELI Beamlines
    Alex Johannes Whitehead
  29. 12. Generating VHEE Beams from a Laser-Plasma Accelerator and Characterizing their Stability for Medical Applications
    Chaitanya Varma (Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée)
  30. 3. Laser Technology
    Dr Leonida Antonio Gizzi (CNR - INO, and INFN - Sez. di Pisa)
  31. 20. Laser-Plasma Accelerators as Compact Radiation Sourced
    Daniele Francescone (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
  32. 8. Latest trends in Laser Wakefield Acceleration
    Andrea Macchi (CNR, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, u.o.s Adriano Gozzini, Pisa, Italy)
  33. 16. Measurement of femtosecond incoherent XUV pulses using shot-noise-driven fluctuations in plasma betatron sources
    Alessandro Curcio (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
  34. 13. Single-Crystal CVD Diamond Detectors: Fundamentals and Key Advantages
    Ms Divya Divya (TU Wien & CIVIDEC Instrumentation GmbH)
  35. 14. Single-shot spectrometer with pointing angle correction for laser-driven electron beams featuring moderate pointing instability and transverse inhomogeneity
    Simon Vlachos (CNR-INO)
  36. 19. Solid-state plasma-based wakefield accelerators
    Bifeng Lei (University of Liverpool)
  37. 28. Solid-state plasma-based wakefield accelerators
    Bifeng Lei (University of Liverpool)
    Oral Presentation

    The development of ultra-compact plasma-based particle accelerators is primarily beneficial from the ultra-high acceleration gradient, which is achieved through coherent plasma wave excitation driven by high-intensity beams, such as photon or charged particle beams. The acceleration field in plasma wave is dependent upon the plasma density. The current state-of-the-art gaseous plasma-based...

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  38. 18. Status of X-Band LLRF prototype development
    Phani Deep Meruga
  39. 17. Synchronization in plasma accelerators
    Luca Piersanti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)