Time-of-flight methodologies with large-area diamond detectors for the effectively characterization of tens MeV protons
Abstract
A novel detector based on a polycrystalline diamond sensor is here employed in an advanced time-of-flight scheme for the characterization of energetic ions accelerated during laser-matter interactions. The optimization of the detector and of the advanced TOF methodology allow to obtain signals characterized by high signal-to-noise ratio and high dynamic range even in the most challenging experimental environments, where the interaction of high-intensity laser pulses with matter leads to effective ion acceleration, but also to the generation of strong Electromagnetic Pulses (EMPs) with intensities up to the MV/m order. These are known to be a serious threat for the fielded diagnostic systems. Here we report on the measurement performed with the PW-class laser system Vega 3 at CLPU (~30 J energy, ~1021 W/cm2 intensity, ~30 fs pulses) irradiating solid targets, where both tens of MeV ions and intense EMP fields were generated. The data were analyzed to retrieve a calibrated proton spectrum and in particular we focus on the analysis of the most energetic portion (E > 5.8 MeV) of the spectrum showing a procedure to deal with the intrinsic lower sensitivity of the detector in the mentioned spectral-range.
- Authors:
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- National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Frascati (Italy); National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS-EMT), Quebec (Canada)
- National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Frascati (Italy)
- Spanish Center for Pulsed Lasers (CLPU), Salamanca (Spain); Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Spanish Center for Pulsed Lasers (CLPU), Salamanca (Spain); University of Salamanca (Spain)
- Spanish Center for Pulsed Lasers (CLPU), Salamanca (Spain)
- Osaka Univ. (Japan)
- National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS-EMT), Quebec (Canada)
- National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Rome (Italy); Univ. of Rome (Italy)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; Euratom Research and Training Program; European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program; Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain; ICTS Equipment Grant; LaserLab Europe IV; Junta de Castilla y Leon
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1881320
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 633053; 871124; 871161; FIS2016-81056-R; EQC2018-005230-Pf; 654148; CLP087U16; CLP263P20
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Instrumentation
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 04; Conference: 4. European Conference on Plasma Diagnostics (ECPD2021), Held Virtually (Spain), 7-11 Jun 2021; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221
- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics (IOP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; diamond detectors; instrumentation and methods for time-of-flight (TOF) spectroscopy; plasma diagnostics-charged-particle spectroscopy
Citation Formats
Salvadori, M., Andreoli, P. L., Cipriani, M., Cristofari, G., De Angelis, R., Malko, S., Volpe, L., Perez Hernandez, J. A., Apiñaniz, J. I., Morace, A., Antici, P., Migliorati, M., Di Giorgio, G., and Consoli, F. Time-of-flight methodologies with large-area diamond detectors for the effectively characterization of tens MeV protons. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/c04005.
Salvadori, M., Andreoli, P. L., Cipriani, M., Cristofari, G., De Angelis, R., Malko, S., Volpe, L., Perez Hernandez, J. A., Apiñaniz, J. I., Morace, A., Antici, P., Migliorati, M., Di Giorgio, G., & Consoli, F. Time-of-flight methodologies with large-area diamond detectors for the effectively characterization of tens MeV protons. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/c04005
Salvadori, M., Andreoli, P. L., Cipriani, M., Cristofari, G., De Angelis, R., Malko, S., Volpe, L., Perez Hernandez, J. A., Apiñaniz, J. I., Morace, A., Antici, P., Migliorati, M., Di Giorgio, G., and Consoli, F. Mon .
"Time-of-flight methodologies with large-area diamond detectors for the effectively characterization of tens MeV protons". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/c04005. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1881320.
@article{osti_1881320,
title = {Time-of-flight methodologies with large-area diamond detectors for the effectively characterization of tens MeV protons},
author = {Salvadori, M. and Andreoli, P. L. and Cipriani, M. and Cristofari, G. and De Angelis, R. and Malko, S. and Volpe, L. and Perez Hernandez, J. A. and Apiñaniz, J. I. and Morace, A. and Antici, P. and Migliorati, M. and Di Giorgio, G. and Consoli, F.},
abstractNote = {A novel detector based on a polycrystalline diamond sensor is here employed in an advanced time-of-flight scheme for the characterization of energetic ions accelerated during laser-matter interactions. The optimization of the detector and of the advanced TOF methodology allow to obtain signals characterized by high signal-to-noise ratio and high dynamic range even in the most challenging experimental environments, where the interaction of high-intensity laser pulses with matter leads to effective ion acceleration, but also to the generation of strong Electromagnetic Pulses (EMPs) with intensities up to the MV/m order. These are known to be a serious threat for the fielded diagnostic systems. Here we report on the measurement performed with the PW-class laser system Vega 3 at CLPU (~30 J energy, ~1021 W/cm2 intensity, ~30 fs pulses) irradiating solid targets, where both tens of MeV ions and intense EMP fields were generated. The data were analyzed to retrieve a calibrated proton spectrum and in particular we focus on the analysis of the most energetic portion (E > 5.8 MeV) of the spectrum showing a procedure to deal with the intrinsic lower sensitivity of the detector in the mentioned spectral-range.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/c04005},
journal = {Journal of Instrumentation},
number = 04,
volume = 17,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Mon Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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