• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 11, Issue 3, 03000e38 (2023)
S. Gerlach1、*, F. Balling1, A. K. Schmidt1, F. E. Brack2、3, F. Kroll2, J. Metzkes-Ng2, M. Reimold2、3, U. Schramm2、3, M. Speicher1, K. Zeil2, K. Parodi1, and J. Schreiber1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany
  • 2Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
  • 3Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2023.16 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    S. Gerlach, F. Balling, A. K. Schmidt, F. E. Brack, F. Kroll, J. Metzkes-Ng, M. Reimold, U. Schramm, M. Speicher, K. Zeil, K. Parodi, J. Schreiber. Three-dimensional acoustic monitoring of laser-accelerated protons in the focus of a pulsed-power solenoid lens[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2023, 11(3): 03000e38 Copy Citation Text show less

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    The acoustic pulse emitted from the Bragg peak of a laser-accelerated proton bunch focused into water has recently enabled the reconstruction of the bunch energy distribution. By adding three ultrasonic transducers and implementing a fast data analysis of the filtered raw signals, I-BEAT (Ion-Bunch Energy Acoustic Tracing) 3D now provides the mean bunch energy and absolute lateral bunch position in real-time and for individual bunches. Relative changes in energy spread and lateral bunch size can also be monitored. Our experiments at DRACO with proton bunch energies between 10 and 30 MeV reveal sub-MeV and sub-mm resolution. In addition to this 3D bunch information, the signal strength correlates also with the absolute bunch particle number.
    $$\begin{align}{w}_{\mathrm{ax}}=\sqrt{k_{\mathrm{ax}}\cdot {w}_{\mathrm{BP}}^2+{w}_{\mathrm{min}}^2}\end{align}$$ ((1))

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    $$\begin{align}{w}_{\mathrm{ax}}=\sqrt{{\tilde{k}}_{\mathrm{ax}}\cdot {E}^{2p}+{w}_{\mathrm{min}}^2}\end{align}$$ ((2))

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    $$\begin{align}{w}_{\mathrm{lat}}=\sqrt{k_{\mathrm{lat}}\cdot {d}^2+{w}_0^2}\end{align}$$ ((3))

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    S. Gerlach, F. Balling, A. K. Schmidt, F. E. Brack, F. Kroll, J. Metzkes-Ng, M. Reimold, U. Schramm, M. Speicher, K. Zeil, K. Parodi, J. Schreiber. Three-dimensional acoustic monitoring of laser-accelerated protons in the focus of a pulsed-power solenoid lens[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2023, 11(3): 03000e38
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