Chin. Phys. Lett.  2011, Vol. 28 Issue (9): 095203    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/28/9/095203
PHYSICS OF GASES, PLASMAS, AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGES |
Development of a Real-Time Ion Spectrometer with a Scintillator for Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration Experiments
XU Miao-Hua1**, LI Hong-Wei1, LIU Bi-Cheng2,3, LIU Feng2, SU Lu-Ning2, DU Fei2, ZHANG Lu2, ZHENG Yi2, MA Jing-Long2, David Neely4, Paul McKenna5, WANG Zhao-Hua2, WEI Zhi-Yi2, YAN Xue-Qing3, LI Yu-Tong2**, LI Ying-Jun1, ZHANG Jie2,6
1Department of Physics, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083
2Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190
3State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871
4Central Laser Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK
5SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK
6Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240
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Abstract A real-time ion spectrometer mainly based on a high-resolution Thomson parabola and a plastic scintillator is designed and developed. The spectrometer is calibrated by protons from an electrostatic accelerator. The feasibility and reliability of the diagnostics are demonstrated in laser-driven ion acceleration experiments performed on the XL-II laser facility. The proton spectrum extrapolated from the scintillator data is in excellent agreement with the CR39 spectrum in terms of beam temperature and the cutoff energy. This real-time spectrometer allows an online measurement of the ion spectra in single shot, which enables efficient and statistical studies and applications in high-repetition-rate laser acceleration experiments.
Keywords: 52.38.Kd      52.50.Jm     
Received: 15 June 2011      Published: 30 August 2011
PACS:  52.38.Kd (Laser-plasma acceleration of electrons and ions)  
  52.50.Jm (Plasma production and heating by laser beams (laser-foil, laser-cluster, etc.))  
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