HELL: High-Energy Electrons by Laser Light, a User-Oriented Experimental Platform at ELI Beamlines
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Abstract
Laser wake field acceleration (LWFA) is an efficient method to accelerate electron beams to high energy. This is a benefit in research infrastructures where a multidisciplinary environment can benefit from the different secondary sources enabled, having the opportunity to extend the range of applications that is accessible and to develop new ideas for fundamental studies. The ELI Beamline project is oriented to deliver such beams to the scientific community both for applied and fundamental research. The driver laser is a Ti:Sa diode-pumped system , running at a maximum performance of 10 Hz, 30 J, and 30 fs. The possibilities to setup experiments using different focal lengths parabolas, as well as the possibility to counter-propagate a second laser beam intrinsically synchronized, are considered in the electron acceleration program. Here, we review the laser-driven electron acceleration experimental platform under implementation at ELI Beamlines, the HELL (High-energy Electrons by Laser Light) experimental platform .
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OpenAlex topics: Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics · Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma · Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
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Affiliations
Institute of Physics of the ASCR, ELI Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
CNR-Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology, Trasea 7, 35131 Padova, Italy
Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Brehova 7, 11519 Prague, Czech Republic
Elettra—Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., 34149 Basovizza Trieste, Italy
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics RAS, Moscow 125047, Russia
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 01-497 Warsaw, Poland
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