Laser-driven x-ray and proton micro-source and application to simultaneous single-shot bi-modal radiographic imaging

TM Ostermayr, C Kreuzer, FS Englbrecht… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Radiographic imaging with x-rays and protons is an omnipresent tool in basic research and
applications in industry, material science and medical diagnostics. The information …

Combined laser-based x-ray fluorescence and particle-induced x-ray emission for versatile multi-element analysis

P Puyuelo-Valdes, S Vallières, M Salvadori… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Particle and radiation sources are widely employed in manifold applications. In the last
decades, the upcoming of versatile, energetic, high-brilliance laser-based sources, as …

Stability and debris-mitigation of a solid tape target delivery system for intense laser-matter interactions towards high-repetition-rate

M Ehret, D de Luis, JI Apiñaniz… - Plasma Physics and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Stability and debris-mitigation of a solid tape target delivery system for intense laser-matter
interactions towards high-repetition-rate - IOPscience Skip to content IOP Science home …

A feasibility study of zebrafish embryo irradiation with laser-accelerated protons

TF Rösch, Z Szabó, D Haffa, J Bin, S Brunner… - Review of Scientific …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The development from single shot basic laser plasma interaction research toward
experiments in which repetition rated laser-driven ion sources can be applied requires …

Automated and rapid target position alignment in laser–plasma experiments using deep learning algorithms

Z Guo, Y **a, Q He, F Li, K Chen, M Zang… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In laser proton acceleration, laser pulses are tightly focused onto the solid target to achieve
the highest intensity. For high-frequency application-oriented laser accelerators, the need for …

I-BEAT: Ultrasonic method for online measurement of the energy distribution of a single ion bunch

D Haffa, R Yang, J Bin, S Lehrack, FE Brack, H Ding… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The shape of a wave carries all information about the spatial and temporal structure of its
source, given that the medium and its properties are known. Most modern imaging methods …

Vibration and jitter of free-flowing thin liquid sheets as target for high-repetition-rate laser-ion acceleration

Z Cao, Z Peng, Y Shou, J Zhao, S Chen, Y Gao… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Very thin free-flowing liquid sheets are promising targets for high-repetition-rate laser-ion
acceleration. In this work, we report the generation of micrometer-thin free-flowing liquid …

Production of carbon-11 for PET preclinical imaging using a high-repetition rate laser-driven proton source

J Peñas, A Alejo, A Bembibre, JI Apiñaniz… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Most advanced medical imaging techniques, such as positron-emission tomography (PET),
require tracers that are produced in conventional particle accelerators. This paper focuses …

Stable high repetition-rate laser-driven proton beam production for multidisciplinary applications on the advanced laser light source ion beamline

E Catrix, F Boivin, K Langlois, S Vallières… - Review of Scientific …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Laser-driven proton accelerators are relevant candidates for many applications such as
material science or medicine. Today, there are multi-hundred-TW table-top laser systems …

Characterization of laser-driven proton acceleration from water microdroplets

GA Becker, MB Schwab, R Lötzsch, S Tietze… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
We report on a proton acceleration experiment in which high-intensity laser pulses with a
wavelength of 0.4 μm and with varying temporal intensity contrast have been used to …