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Title

HELL: High-Energy Electrons by Laser Light, a User-Oriented Experimental Platform at ELI Beamlines.

Authors

Levato, Tadzio; Bonora, Stefano; Grittani, Gabriele Maria; Lazzarini, Carlo Maria; Nawaz, Muhammad Fahad; Nevrkla, Michal; Villanova, Leonardo; Ziano, Roberto; Bassanese, Silvano; Bobrova, Nadezhda; Casarin, Katia; Chacon-Golcher, Edwin; Gu, Yanjun; Khikhlukha, Danila; Kramer, Daniel; Lonza, Marco; Margarone, Daniele; Olšovcová, Veronika; Rosinski, Marcin; Rus, Bedrich

Abstract

Laser wake field acceleration (LWFA) is an efficient method to accelerate electron beams to high energy. This is a benefit in research infrastructures where a multidisciplinary environment can benefit from the different secondary sources enabled, having the opportunity to extend the range of applications that is accessible and to develop new ideas for fundamental studies. The ELI Beamline project is oriented to deliver such beams to the scientific community both for applied and fundamental research. The driver laser is a Ti:Sa diode-pumped system , running at a maximum performance of 10 Hz, 30 J, and 30 fs. The possibilities to setup experiments using different focal lengths parabolas, as well as the possibility to counter-propagate a second laser beam intrinsically synchronized, are considered in the electron acceleration program. Here, we review the laser-driven electron acceleration experimental platform under implementation at ELI Beamlines, the HELL (High-energy Electrons by Laser Light) experimental platform.

Subjects

LASER plasma accelerators; ELECTRON beams; ELECTRON accelerators

Publication

Applied Sciences (2076-3417), 2018, Vol 8, Issue 9, p1565

ISSN

2076-3417

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.3390/app8091565