All-optical structuring of laser-driven proton beam profiles

Obst-Huebl, Lieselotte; Ziegler, Tim; Brack, Florian-Emanuel; Branco, João; Bussmann, Michael; Cowan, Thomas E.; Curry, Chandra B.; Fiuza, Frederico; Garten, Marco; Gauthier, Maxence; Göde, Sebastian; Glenzer, Siegfried H.; Huebl, Axel; Irman, Arie; Kim, Jongjin B.; Kluge, Thomas; Kraft, Stephan D.; Kroll, Florian; Metzkes-Ng, Josefine; Pausch, Richard; Prencipe, Irene; Rehwald, Martin; Roedel, Christian; Schlenvoigt, Hans -Peter; Schramm, Ulrich; Zeil, Karl

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07756-z

Title: All-optical structuring of laser-driven proton beam profiles

Abstract

Here, extreme field gradients intrinsic to relativistic laser-interactions with thin solid targets enable compact MeV proton accelerators with unique bunch characteristics. Yet, direct control of the proton beam profile is usually not possible. Here we present a readily applicable all-optical approach to imprint detailed spatial information from the driving laser pulse onto the proton bunch. In a series of experiments, counter-intuitively, the spatial profile of the energetic proton bunch was found to exhibit identical structures as the fraction of the laser pulse passing around a target of limited size. Such information transfer between the laser pulse and the naturally delayed proton bunch is attributed to the formation of quasi-static electric fields in the beam path by ionization of residual gas. Essentially acting as a programmable memory, these fields provide access to a higher level of proton beam manipulation.

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Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Dresden (Germany); Technische Univ. Dresden, Dresden (Germany)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Dresden (Germany)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (Canada)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
European XFEL GmbH, Schenefeld (Germany)
Helmholtz Institute Jena, Jena (Germany)

Publication Date:: 2018-12-13

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1490650

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1560571

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nature Communications

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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                    Obst-Huebl, Lieselotte, Ziegler, Tim, Brack, Florian-Emanuel, Branco, João, Bussmann, Michael, Cowan, Thomas E., Curry, Chandra B., Fiuza, Frederico, Garten, Marco, Gauthier, Maxence, Göde, Sebastian, Glenzer, Siegfried H., Huebl, Axel, Irman, Arie, Kim, Jongjin B., Kluge, Thomas, Kraft, Stephan D., Kroll, Florian, Metzkes-Ng, Josefine, Pausch, Richard, Prencipe, Irene, Rehwald, Martin, Roedel, Christian, Schlenvoigt, Hans -Peter, Schramm, Ulrich, and Zeil, Karl. All-optical structuring of laser-driven proton beam profiles.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Obst-Huebl, Lieselotte, Ziegler, Tim, Brack, Florian-Emanuel, Branco, João, Bussmann, Michael, Cowan, Thomas E., Curry, Chandra B., Fiuza, Frederico, Garten, Marco, Gauthier, Maxence, Göde, Sebastian, Glenzer, Siegfried H., Huebl, Axel, Irman, Arie, Kim, Jongjin B., Kluge, Thomas, Kraft, Stephan D., Kroll, Florian, Metzkes-Ng, Josefine, Pausch, Richard, Prencipe, Irene, Rehwald, Martin, Roedel, Christian, Schlenvoigt, Hans -Peter, Schramm, Ulrich, & Zeil, Karl. All-optical structuring of laser-driven proton beam profiles.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07756-z

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                    Obst-Huebl, Lieselotte, Ziegler, Tim, Brack, Florian-Emanuel, Branco, João, Bussmann, Michael, Cowan, Thomas E., Curry, Chandra B., Fiuza, Frederico, Garten, Marco, Gauthier, Maxence, Göde, Sebastian, Glenzer, Siegfried H., Huebl, Axel, Irman, Arie, Kim, Jongjin B., Kluge, Thomas, Kraft, Stephan D., Kroll, Florian, Metzkes-Ng, Josefine, Pausch, Richard, Prencipe, Irene, Rehwald, Martin, Roedel, Christian, Schlenvoigt, Hans -Peter, Schramm, Ulrich, and Zeil, Karl. Thu .  
"All-optical structuring of laser-driven proton beam profiles".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07756-z.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1490650.

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@article{osti_1490650,

  title        = {All-optical structuring of laser-driven proton beam profiles},

  author       = {Obst-Huebl, Lieselotte and Ziegler, Tim and Brack, Florian-Emanuel and Branco, João and Bussmann, Michael and Cowan, Thomas E. and Curry, Chandra B. and Fiuza, Frederico and Garten, Marco and Gauthier, Maxence and Göde, Sebastian and Glenzer, Siegfried H. and Huebl, Axel and Irman, Arie and Kim, Jongjin B. and Kluge, Thomas and Kraft, Stephan D. and Kroll, Florian and Metzkes-Ng, Josefine and Pausch, Richard and Prencipe, Irene and Rehwald, Martin and Roedel, Christian and Schlenvoigt, Hans -Peter and Schramm, Ulrich and Zeil, Karl},

  abstractNote = {Here, extreme field gradients intrinsic to relativistic laser-interactions with thin solid targets enable compact MeV proton accelerators with unique bunch characteristics. Yet, direct control of the proton beam profile is usually not possible. Here we present a readily applicable all-optical approach to imprint detailed spatial information from the driving laser pulse onto the proton bunch. In a series of experiments, counter-intuitively, the spatial profile of the energetic proton bunch was found to exhibit identical structures as the fraction of the laser pulse passing around a target of limited size. Such information transfer between the laser pulse and the naturally delayed proton bunch is attributed to the formation of quasi-static electric fields in the beam path by ionization of residual gas. Essentially acting as a programmable memory, these fields provide access to a higher level of proton beam manipulation.},

  doi          = {10.1038/s41467-018-07756-z},

  journal      = {Nature Communications},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 9,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {12}

}

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Fig. 1: Schematic of experimental setup and example measurement. Obstacles were inserted in the collimated Draco laser beam before focusing it onto a micrometer sized solid Hydrogen jet target with an f/2.5 off-axis parabolic mirror. An image of the laser focus (logarithmic color scale) is overlapped with a schematic imagemore »

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