In an experiment carried out at the Prague Asterix Laser System at laser intensities relevant to shock ignition conditions(I>10^(16) W/cm^(2)),the heating and transport of hot electrons were studied by using severa...In an experiment carried out at the Prague Asterix Laser System at laser intensities relevant to shock ignition conditions(I>10^(16) W/cm^(2)),the heating and transport of hot electrons were studied by using several complementary diagnostics,i.e.,K_(α)time-resolved imaging,hard x-ray filtering(a bremsstrahlung cannon),and electron spectroscopy.Ablators with differing composition from low Z(parylene N)to high Z(nickel)were used in multilayer planar targets to produce plasmas with different coronal temperature and collisionality and modify the conditions of hot-electron generation.The variety of available diagnostics allowed full characterization of the population of hot electrons,retrieving their conversion efficiency,time generation and duration,temperature,and angular divergence.The obtained results are shown to be consistent with those from detailed simulations and similar inertial confinement fusion experiments.Based on the measured data,the advantages,reliability,and complementarity of the experimental diagnostics are discussed.展开更多
We present a scintillator-based detector able to measure the proton energy and the spatial distribution with a relatively simple design.It has been designed and built at the Spanish Center for Pulsed Lasers(CLPU)in Sa...We present a scintillator-based detector able to measure the proton energy and the spatial distribution with a relatively simple design.It has been designed and built at the Spanish Center for Pulsed Lasers(CLPU)in Salamanca and tested in the proton accelerator at the Centro de Micro-Análisis de Materiales(CMAM)in Madrid.The detector is capable of being set in the high repetition rate(HRR)mode and reproduces the performance of the radiochromic film detector.It represents a new class of online detectors for laser-plasma physics experiments in the newly emerging high power laser laboratories working at HRR.展开更多
The Centro de Laseres Pulsados in Salamanca,Spain has recently started operation phase and the first user access period on the 6 J 30 fs 200 TW system(VEGA 2)already started at the beginning of 2018.In this paper we r...The Centro de Laseres Pulsados in Salamanca,Spain has recently started operation phase and the first user access period on the 6 J 30 fs 200 TW system(VEGA 2)already started at the beginning of 2018.In this paper we report on two commissioning experiments recently performed on the VEGA 2 system in preparation for the user campaign.VEGA 2 system has been tested in different configurations depending on the focusing optics and targets used.One configuration(long focal length F=130 cm)is for underdense laser-matter interaction where VEGA 2 is focused onto a low density gas-jet generating electron beams(via laser wake field acceleration mechanism)with maximum energy up to 500 MeV and an X-ray betatron source with a 10 keV critical energy.A second configuration(short focal length F= 40 cm)is for overdense laser-matter interaction where VEGA 2 is focused onto a 5 μm thick Al target generating a proton beam with a maximum energy of 10 MeV and temperature of 2.5 MeV.In this paper we present preliminary experimental results.展开更多
基金This work was carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium,funded by the European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme(Grant No.101052200-EUROfusion)Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission.Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them.The involved teams have operated within the framework of the Enabling Research Project:Grant No.ENR-IFE.01.CEA“Advancing shock ignition for direct-drive inertial fusion.”The work was also supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(Grant No.RGPIN-2019-05013)+5 种基金The authors acknowledge support of the PALS Infrastructure within the MŠMT(MEYS)project Grant No.LM2023068Staff members of the PALS Research Center appreciate financial support(Grant No.LM2023068)from the Czech Ministry of Education,Youth and Sports facilitating operation of the PALS facilityThe work of JIHT RAS team was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation(State Assignment No.075-01129-23-00)The work at NRMU MEPhI was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation(Agreement No.075-15-2021-1361)This project has received funding from the CNR funded Italian research Network ELI-Italy(D.M.No.63108.08.2016)This work was funded by United Kingdom EPSRC Grants No.EP/P026796/1 and No.EP/L01663X/1.The results presented in this paper are based on work carried out between September 2018 and December 2021.
文摘In an experiment carried out at the Prague Asterix Laser System at laser intensities relevant to shock ignition conditions(I>10^(16) W/cm^(2)),the heating and transport of hot electrons were studied by using several complementary diagnostics,i.e.,K_(α)time-resolved imaging,hard x-ray filtering(a bremsstrahlung cannon),and electron spectroscopy.Ablators with differing composition from low Z(parylene N)to high Z(nickel)were used in multilayer planar targets to produce plasmas with different coronal temperature and collisionality and modify the conditions of hot-electron generation.The variety of available diagnostics allowed full characterization of the population of hot electrons,retrieving their conversion efficiency,time generation and duration,temperature,and angular divergence.The obtained results are shown to be consistent with those from detailed simulations and similar inertial confinement fusion experiments.Based on the measured data,the advantages,reliability,and complementarity of the experimental diagnostics are discussed.
基金the FURIAM project FIS20134774-RPALMA project FIS2016-81056-R+2 种基金LaserLab Europe Ⅳ Grant No.654148Junta de Castilla y León Grant No.CLP087U16Unidad de Investigación Consolidada(UIC)167 from Junta de Castilla y León。
文摘We present a scintillator-based detector able to measure the proton energy and the spatial distribution with a relatively simple design.It has been designed and built at the Spanish Center for Pulsed Lasers(CLPU)in Salamanca and tested in the proton accelerator at the Centro de Micro-Análisis de Materiales(CMAM)in Madrid.The detector is capable of being set in the high repetition rate(HRR)mode and reproduces the performance of the radiochromic film detector.It represents a new class of online detectors for laser-plasma physics experiments in the newly emerging high power laser laboratories working at HRR.
基金Support from Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades through the PALMA Grant No. FIS2016-81056-RICTS Equipment Grant No. EQC2018005230-P+1 种基金from LaserLab Europe IV Grant No. 654148from Junta de Castilla y Leon Grant No. CLP087U16
文摘The Centro de Laseres Pulsados in Salamanca,Spain has recently started operation phase and the first user access period on the 6 J 30 fs 200 TW system(VEGA 2)already started at the beginning of 2018.In this paper we report on two commissioning experiments recently performed on the VEGA 2 system in preparation for the user campaign.VEGA 2 system has been tested in different configurations depending on the focusing optics and targets used.One configuration(long focal length F=130 cm)is for underdense laser-matter interaction where VEGA 2 is focused onto a low density gas-jet generating electron beams(via laser wake field acceleration mechanism)with maximum energy up to 500 MeV and an X-ray betatron source with a 10 keV critical energy.A second configuration(short focal length F= 40 cm)is for overdense laser-matter interaction where VEGA 2 is focused onto a 5 μm thick Al target generating a proton beam with a maximum energy of 10 MeV and temperature of 2.5 MeV.In this paper we present preliminary experimental results.
