Conveners
S5: Novel Sources: FEL/Laser/Plasma Channels
- Luca Serafini (MI)
Description
Session 5.2
Massimo Ferrario
(LNF)
10/9/14, 2:30 PM
Invited talk
A test facility named SPARC_LAB (Sources for Plasma Accelerators and Radiation Compton with Lasers and Beams) is in operation at the INFN National Labs in Frascati, merging the potentialities of an ultra-brilliant electron beam photoinjector and of a high power Ti:Sa laser. The test facility is hosting a 150 MeV high brightness electron beam injector which feeds a 12 meters long undulator....
Leonida Antonio Gizzi
(PI)
10/9/14, 3:00 PM
Invited talk
Ultraintense lasers are now delivering high peak power beyond the PW level, with pulse duration as short as 20 fs. Laser-driven acceleration in mm-sized plasmas using multi- TW laser systems is now established for the generation of high energy electron bunches. Depending on the acceleration regime, electrons can be used directly for applications such as radiobiology and radiotherapy or for...
Dr
Marco Galimberti
(Science and Technology Facilities Council)
10/9/14, 3:30 PM
Oral
The development of the ultrafast laser technology has enabled the generation of laser pulses with peak powers in the 1PW regime, opening up new fields of research and possible applications. Projects have been established to go beyond the 1PW level pushing laser technology to the limit.
Whilst, there have been significant advances in the peak power of laser systems, the repetition rate of...
Dr
Marco Galimberti
(Science and Technology Facilities Council), Mr
Mario Galletti
(Univeristà di Pisa)
10/9/14, 3:45 PM
Oral
The characterization of the ultra-short high power laser pulses has always been a challenge.
It requires using the same pulse to measure itself because do not exist an event shorter to compare to.
In addition to that, there are also many other difficulties both for the pulse itself (no-linear effects, distortion, etc.) and for the complexity of the set up (alignment, devices, etc.)...
