Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Department of Radiation and Chemical Physics, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic
2 Laser Plasma Department, Institute of Plasma Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Slovankou 3, 182 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic
3 Department of Surface and Plasma Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, V Holešovičkách 2, 180 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic
4 Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Nuclear Science and Engineering Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague, V Holešovičkách 2, 180 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic
5 Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
6 DESY Photon Science, Notkestraße 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
7 Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, UMR 7590 – UPMC/CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Sorbonne Université, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
8 Department of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technická 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic
9 Center for Soft Nanoscience, University of Münster, Busso-Peus-Straße 10, D-48149 Münster, Germany
We report on an experiment performed at the FLASH2 free-electron laser (FEL) aimed at producing warm dense matter via soft x-ray isochoric heating. In the experiment, we focus on study of the ions emitted during the soft x-ray ablation process using time-of-flight electron multipliers and a shifted Maxwell–Boltzmann velocity distribution model. We find that most emitted ions are thermal, but that some impurities chemisorbed on the target surface, such as protons, are accelerated by the electrostatic field created in the plasma by escaped electrons. The morphology of the complex crater structure indicates the presence of several ion groups with varying temperatures. We find that the ion sound velocity is controlled by the ion temperature and show how the ion yield depends on the FEL radiation attenuation length in different materials.
Matter and Radiation at Extremes
2024, 9(1): 016602
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 ELI Beamlines Facility The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC Dolni Brezany Czech Republic
2 Institute of Plasma Physics & Laser Microfusion (IPPLM) Warsaw Poland
3 Southern National Laboratory (LNS) Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare Catania Italy
4 Czech Technical University in Prague Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering Prague Czech Republic
5 FZU-Institute of Physics Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czech Republic
6 Institute of Plasma Physics Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czech Republic
7 Micro-Nano Facility Fondazione Bruno Kessler Trento 38123 Italy
8 Centre for Light-Matter Interactions School of Mathematics and Physics Queen’s University Belfast Belfast UK
Solid-state nuclear track detectors (CR-39 type) are frequently used for the detection of ions accelerated by laser-plasma interaction because they are sensitive to each single particle. To the present day, CR-39 detectors are the main diagnostics in experiments focused on laser-driven proton-boron (p11B) fusion reactions to detect alpha particles, which are the main products of such a nuclear reaction, and to reconstruct their energy distribution. However, the acceleration of multispecies ions in the laser-generated plasma makes this spectroscopic method complex and often does not allow to unambiguously discriminate the alpha particles generated from p11B fusion events from the laser-driven ions. In this experimental work, performed at the PALS laser facility (600 J, 300 ps, laser intensity 1016 W/cm2), CR-39 detectors were used as main detectors for the angular distribution of the produced alpha particles during a p11B fusion dedicated experimental campaign. Additionally, a CR-39 detector was set inside a Thomson Parabola (TP) spectrometer with the aim to calibrate the CR-39 response for low energetic laser-driven ions originating from the plasma in the given experimental conditions. The detected ion energies were ranging from hundreds of keV to a few MeV, and the ion track diameters were measured for etching times up to 9 hours. The goal of the test was the evaluation of the detectors’ ability to discriminate the alpha particles from the aforementioned ions. Within this study, the calibration curves for protons and silicon low energy ions are accomplished, the overlapping of the proton tracks and alpha particles is verified, and a methodology to avoid this problem is realized.
Laser and Particle Beams
2023, 2023(1): 3125787
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 ENEA, Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety Department, C.R. Frascati, 00044Frascati, Italy
2 CELIA, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, 33405Talence, France
3 CEA, DAM, CESTA, 33116Le Barp, France
4 Department of Physics, York Plasma Institute, University of York, Heslington, YorkYO10 5DD, UK
5 Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, UKRI, Chilton, Didcot, OxfordshireOX11 0QX, UK
6 Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic
7 Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institut für Strahlenphysik, 01328Dresden, Germany
8 AWE plc, Aldermaston, Reading, BerkshireRG7 4PR, UK
9 Centro de Laseres Pulsados (CLPU), 37185Villamayor, Salamanca, Spain
10 CELIA, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, 33405Talence, France
11 AWE plc, Aldermaston, Reading, BerkshireRG7 4PR, UK
12 ELI Beamlines, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, 25241Dolní B?e?any, Czech Republic
13 Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, China
14 Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, 182 21Prague, Czech Republic
15 Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, China
16 Department of Physics, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), University of Strathclyde, GlasgowG4 0NG, UK
17 Laboratory PIIM, University Aix-Marseille-CNRS, 13397Marseille, France
18 Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 01-497Warsaw, Poland
19 The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, LondonSW7 2AZ, UK
20 PHELIX Group, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, D-64291Darmstadt, Germany
21 Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, UKRI, Chilton, Didcot, OxfordshireOX11 0QX, UK
This paper provides an up-to-date review of the problems related to the generation, detection and mitigation of strong electromagnetic pulses created in the interaction of high-power, high-energy laser pulses with different types of solid targets. It includes new experimental data obtained independently at several international laboratories. The mechanisms of electromagnetic field generation are analyzed and considered as a function of the intensity and the spectral range of emissions they produce. The major emphasis is put on the GHz frequency domain, which is the most damaging for electronics and may have important applications. The physics of electromagnetic emissions in other spectral domains, in particular THz and MHz, is also discussed. The theoretical models and numerical simulations are compared with the results of experimental measurements, with special attention to the methodology of measurements and complementary diagnostics. Understanding the underlying physical processes is the basis for developing techniques to mitigate the electromagnetic threat and to harness electromagnetic emissions, which may have promising applications.
electromagnetic pulses high-power lasers diagnostics mitigation techniques 
High Power Laser Science and Engineering
2020, 8(2): 02000e22

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