Instrumentation for diagnostics and control of laser-accelerated proton (ion) beams

P R Bolton; M Borghesi; C Brenner; D C Carroll; C De Martinis; Francesca Fiorini; A Flacco; V Floquet; J Fuchs; P Gallegos; D Giove; J S Green; S Green; B Jones; D Kirby; P McKenna; D Neely; F Nuesslin; R Prasad; S Reinhardt; M Roth; U Schramm; G G Scott; S Ter-Avetisyan; M Tolley; G Turchetti; J J Wilkens

doi:10.1016/j.ejmp.2013.09.002

Instrumentation for diagnostics and control of laser-accelerated proton (ion) beams

Phys Med. 2014 May;30(3):255-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2013.09.002. Epub 2013 Oct 5.

Authors

P R Bolton¹, M Borghesi², C Brenner³, D C Carroll³, C De Martinis⁴, Francesca Fiorini, A Flacco⁵, V Floquet⁵, J Fuchs⁵, P Gallegos⁶, D Giove⁴, J S Green³, S Green⁷, B Jones⁸, D Kirby⁷, P McKenna⁶, D Neely³, F Nuesslin⁹, R Prasad², S Reinhardt¹⁰, M Roth¹¹, U Schramm¹², G G Scott⁶, S Ter-Avetisyan², M Tolley³, G Turchetti¹³, J J Wilkens¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan. Electronic address: bolton.paul@jaea.go.jp.
² Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
³ Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.
⁴ Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Milano and INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy.
⁵ Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France.
⁶ SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom.
⁷ Department of Medical Physics, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TH, United Kingdom.
⁸ Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford, OX3 7DQ Oxford, United Kingdom.
⁹ Biomedical Physics, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, D-81675 München, Germany.
¹⁰ Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany.
¹¹ Institut fur Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany.
¹² Institute for Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01314 Dresden, Germany.
¹³ Departimento di Fisica, Universita di Bologna and INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
¹⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, Technische Universität Munchen, Klinikum rechts der isar, D-81675 Munchen, Germany.

PMID: 24100298
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2013.09.002

Abstract

Suitable instrumentation for laser-accelerated proton (ion) beams is critical for development of integrated, laser-driven ion accelerator systems. Instrumentation aimed at beam diagnostics and control must be applied to the driving laser pulse, the laser-plasma that forms at the target and the emergent proton (ion) bunch in a correlated way to develop these novel accelerators. This report is a brief overview of established diagnostic techniques and new developments based on material presented at the first workshop on 'Instrumentation for Diagnostics and Control of Laser-accelerated Proton (Ion) Beams' in Abingdon, UK. It includes radiochromic film (RCF), image plates (IP), micro-channel plates (MCP), Thomson spectrometers, prompt inline scintillators, time and space-resolved interferometry (TASRI) and nuclear activation schemes. Repetition-rated instrumentation requirements for target metrology are also addressed.

Keywords: Diagnostics; Dosimetry; Laser-acceleration; Proton beam.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Lasers*
Particle Accelerators / instrumentation*
Protons*
Spectrum Analysis

Substances

Protons