Laser-driven secondary sources of X-rays and particles at ELI Beamlines (Conference Presentation)

Georg Korn; Sergei V. Bulanov; Daniele Margarone; Jaroslav Nejdl; Alexander Molodozhentsev; Tadzio Levato; Bedrich Rus; Pavel Bakule

doi:10.1117/12.2525332

14 May 2019 Laser-driven secondary sources of X-rays and particles at ELI Beamlines (Conference Presentation)

Georg Korn, Sergei V. Bulanov, Daniele Margarone, Jaroslav Nejdl, Alexander Molodozhentsev, Tadzio Levato, Bedrich Rus, Pavel Bakule

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Proceedings Volume 11039, Research Using Extreme Light: Entering New Frontiers with Petawatt-Class Lasers IV; 110390L (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2525332
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2019, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

We will be giving an overview on the development of the “ELI-beamline facility” being currently implemented and opened as a user facility within the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) project based on the European ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) process. ELI-Beamlines is the high-energy, repetition-rate laser pillar of the ELI (Extreme Light Infrastructure) project. The main objective of the ELI-Beamlines facility is the delivery of ultra-intense high-energy pulses for high field experiments and the generation and applications of high-brightness X-ray sources and accelerated particles. The high power laser systems currently prepared and used for the generation of higher repetition rate sources of x-rays and particles are L1 (Allegra) a 1 kHz diode pumped laser produced sub-20fs OPCPA system and the L3 (HAPLS) a 10 Hz, 1 PW (30fs) laser using as the active medium Ti:sapphire with new gas cooled diode pumped Nd doped Glass pump laser. The lasers will be able to provide focused intensities attaining >1018-21 Wcm-2 suitable for generation of x-rays and particles (electrons and ions). We will discuss the infrastructure concerning the availability of experimental areas, including secondary sources of particles and x-rays in the wavelength range between 20 eV-100 keV and few Mev and their practical implementation at the ELI-Beamline user facility. The sources are either based on direct interaction of the laser beams with gaseous targets (high order harmonics) or will first accelerate electrons which then will interact with laser produced wigglers (Betatron radiation) or directly injected into undulators (laser driven LUX or later X-FEL). The direct interaction (collision) of laser accelerated electrons with the intense focused laser again will lead to short pulse high energy radiation via Compton or Thomson scattering for different applications opening also the route to fundamental physics investigations in high intensity interaction due to the 4 gamma 2 Lorentz boost of the intensity seen by high energy (GeV- > 106) electrons.

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Georg Korn, Sergei V. Bulanov, Daniele Margarone, Jaroslav Nejdl, Alexander Molodozhentsev, Tadzio Levato, Bedrich Rus, and Pavel Bakule "Laser-driven secondary sources of X-rays and particles at ELI Beamlines (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 11039, Research Using Extreme Light: Entering New Frontiers with Petawatt-Class Lasers IV, 110390L (14 May 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2525332

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