Ion acceleration driven by superintense laser pulses is attracting an impressive and steadily
increasing effort. Motivations can be found in the applicative potential and in the perspective …

For many years, laser-driven ion acceleration, mainly proton acceleration, has been
proposed and a number of proof-of-principle experiments have been carried out with lasers …

In the 2015 review paper 'Petawatt Class Lasers Worldwide'a comprehensive overview of
the current status of high-power facilities of was presented. This was largely based on facility …

The use of ultra-high intensity laser beams to achieve extreme material states in the
laboratory has become almost routine with the development of the petawatt laser. Petawatt …

Proton imaging has become a key diagnostic for measuring electromagnetic fields in high-
energy-density (HED) laboratory plasmas. Compared to other techniques for diagnosing …

Laser-driven ion sources are a rapidly develo** technology producing high energy, high
peak current beams. Their suitability for applications, such as compact medical accelerators …

We report on the first irradiation of in vitro tumour cells with laser-accelerated proton pulses
showing dose-dependent biological damage. This experiment, paving the way for future …

Invited Review Article: “Hands-on” laser-driven ion acceleration: A primer for laser-driven source
development and potential applications | Review of Scientific Instruments | AIP Publishing Skip …

It has been known for about sixty years that proton and heavy ion therapy is a very powerful
radiation procedure for treating tumors. It has an innate ability to irradiate tumors with greater …

We report on first commissioning results of the DRACO Petawatt ultra-short pulse laser
system implemented at the ELBE center for high power radiation sources of Helmholtz …