An increasing number of high-power laser laboratories are being established with the aim of developing laser-plasma accelerators. Here a short overview is given on the preliminary results obtained in the self-injection test experiment as a part of the commissioning phase of the 220TW FLAME laser facility. For laser energies on target below 1 J and pulse durations around 30 fs, accelerated electron bunches had an energy up the hundred MeV range, showing a significant degree of collimation below 10mrad, in agreement with similar published results and confirming the expected laser performance at this energetic level. A correlation between electron collimation and upshift on laser transmitted light was also observed. © 2012 by Società Italiana di Fisica.

Preliminary results of the self-injection test experiment (SITE) at FLAME

GIULIETTI, DANILO;
2012-01-01

Abstract

An increasing number of high-power laser laboratories are being established with the aim of developing laser-plasma accelerators. Here a short overview is given on the preliminary results obtained in the self-injection test experiment as a part of the commissioning phase of the 220TW FLAME laser facility. For laser energies on target below 1 J and pulse durations around 30 fs, accelerated electron bunches had an energy up the hundred MeV range, showing a significant degree of collimation below 10mrad, in agreement with similar published results and confirming the expected laser performance at this energetic level. A correlation between electron collimation and upshift on laser transmitted light was also observed. © 2012 by Società Italiana di Fisica.
2012
Levato, T.; Cecchetti, C. A.; Labate, L.; Gizzi, L. A.; Drenska, N.; Faccini, R.; Martellotti, S.; Tani, F.; Gatti, C.; Vaccarezza, C.; Valente, P.; Giulietti, A.; Lollo, V.; Giulietti, Danilo; Pathak, N. C.; Piastra, F.; Richetta, M.
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