Developement of the spatially resolved laser-driven proton beam detector

• Project/Area Number: 15F15772
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 外国
• Research Field: Quantum beam science
• Research Institution: National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (2016-2017); Japan Atomic Energy Agency (2015)
• Principal Investigator: 西内 満美子 (高井満美子) (2015-2016) 国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 関西光科学研究所 光量子科学研究部, 上席研究員(定常) (70391315)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): DOVER NICHOLAS 国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 関西光科学研究所 光量子科学研究部, 博士研究員(任常) (80817057) ; DOVER Nicholas Peter 国立研究開発法人日本原子力研究開発機構, 原子力科学研究部門 量子ビーム応用研究センター, 外国人特別研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2015-11-09 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
• Keywords: ion source / laser plasma interaction / ion beam detector / plastic scintillator / レーザー / 超高強度レーザー / レーザー駆動型イオンビーム / 超短パルスレーザー / レーザー駆動イオン線加速

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

During this year, I used the scintillator-based transverse proton beam profiler (PBP) diagnostic developed over the previous years on ultra-high intensity laser-driven ion acceleration experiments using the J-KAREN-P facility. The PBP was a key diagnostic of the laser ion source, measuring, for the first time, laser-accelerated protons >10 MeV at high repetition rate. We used this to perform detailed parameter scans, allowing optimisation of proton beam flux, currently being prepared for publication.
A peer-reviewed paper describing the PBP was published in Review of Scientific Instruments in July 2017, using data from the previous FY. Data and analysis from the PBP was presented at various international conferences, including OPIC 2018 in Yokohama and EAAC 2018 in Italy.

Research Progress Status

29年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

29年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Imperial College London(英国)
• [Journal Article] The effect of laser contrast on generation of highly charged Fe ions by ultra-intense femtosecond laser pulses (2017)
  • Author(s): A.Ya. Faenov, M.A. Alkhimova, T.A. Pikuz, I.Yu. Skobelev, M. Nishiuchi, H. Sakaki, A. S. Pirozhkov, A. Sagisaka, N. P. Dover, Ko. Kondo, K. Ogura, Y. Fukuda, H. Kiriyama, A. Andreev, K. Nishitani, T. Miyahara, Y. Watanabe, S. A. Pikuz Jr., M. Kando, R. Kodama, K. Kondo
  • Journal Title: Applied Physics B Volume: 123 Issue: 7 Pages: 197-197
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00340-017-6771-2
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Scintillator-based transverse proton beam profiler for laser-plasma ion sources (2017)
  • Author(s): Dover N. P.、Nishiuchi M.、Sakaki H.、Alkhimova M. A.、Faenov A. Ya.、Fukuda Y.、Kiriyama H.、Kon A.、Kondo K.、Nishitani K.、Ogura K.、Pikuz T. A.、Pirozhkov A. S.、Sagisaka A.、Kando M.、Kondo K.
  • Journal Title: Review of Scientific Instruments Volume: 88 Issue: 7 Pages: 073304-073304
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4994732
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] High contrast high intensity petawatt J-KAREN-P laser facility at QST (2017)
  • Author(s): M. Nishiuchi, H. Kiriyama, H. Sakaki, N. P. Dover, K. Kondo, A. S. Pirozhkov, A. Sagisaka, Y. Fukuda, K. Nishitani, T. Miyahara, K. Ogura, M. A. Alkhimova, T. A. Pikuz, A. Y. Faenov, Y. Watanabe, J. Koga, S. V. Bulanov, M. Kando, K. Kondo
  • Journal Title: SPIE proceedings Volume: 102410N-1 Pages: 102410N-102410N
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.2271172
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Approaching the diffraction-limited, bandwidth-limited Petawatt (2017)
  • Author(s): Pirozhkov Alexander S.、Fukuda Yuji、Nishiuchi Mamiko、Kiriyama Hiromitsu、Sagisaka Akito、Ogura Koichi、Mori Michiaki、Kishimoto Maki、Sakaki Hironao、Dover Nicholas P.、Kondo Kotaro、Nakanii Nobuhiko、Huang Kai、Kanasaki Masato、Kondo Kiminori、Kando Masaki
  • Journal Title: Optics Express Volume: 25 Issue: 17 Pages: 20486-20501
  • DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.020486
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Laser acceleration of protons with an optically shaped, near critical hydrogen gas target (2017)
  • Author(s): Y-H. Chen, M. Helle, A. Ting, D. Gordon, N. P. Dover, O. Ettlinger, Z. Najmudin, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien
  • Journal Title: AIP Conference Proceedings Volume: 1812 Pages: 090002-090002
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4975898
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Staging and laser acceleration of ions in underdense plasma (2017)
  • Author(s): A. Ting, B. Hafizi, M. Helle, Y-H Chen, D. Gordon, D. Kaganovich, M. Polyanskiy, I. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, C. Miao, N. P. Dover, Z. Najmudin, O. Ettlinge
  • Journal Title: AIP Conference Proceedings Volume: 1812 Pages: 020001-020001
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4975837
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ion acceleration and plasma jet formation in ultra-thin foils undergoing expansion and relativistic transparency (2016)
  • Author(s): M. King, R. J. Gray, H. W. Powell, D. A. MacLellan, B. Gonzalez-Izquierdo, L. C. Stockhausen, G. S. Hicks, N. P. Dover, D. R. Rusby, D. C. Carroll, H. Padda, R. Torres, S. Kar, R. J. Clarke, I. O. Musgrave, Z. Najmudin, M. Borghesi, D. Neely, P. McKenna
  • Journal Title: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Volume: 829 Pages: 163-166
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.032
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Experimental investigation of sheath- driven proton acceleration scaling to the ultra-short pulse, ultra-high intensity regime (2018)
  • Author(s): Nicholas Dover
  • Organizer: JPS Butsuri Gakkai
• [Presentation] High repetition energetic particle beam-profile diagnostics for high-intensity laser-solid interactions (2017)
  • Author(s): N. Dover, M. Nishiuchi, H. Sakaki et al
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会18回年会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪府豊中市 大阪大学 日本
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-19
• [Presentation] Investigation of sheath asymmetry effects on proton beam spatial profile in high intensity solid interactions (2017)
  • Author(s): Nicholas Dover
  • Organizer: International Conference on High Energy Density Science
• [Presentation] Experimental investigation of laser-driven proton sheath acceleration in the ultra-short pulse, ultra-high intensity regime (2017)
  • Author(s): Nicholas Dover
  • Organizer: European Advanced Accelerator Concepts
• [Presentation] High-repetition energetic particle spatial profile diagnostics for high-intensity laser-solid interactions (2016)
  • Author(s): N. Dover, M. Nishiuchi, H. Sakaki et al
  • Organizer: Symposium on Photon and Beam Science、
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪府豊中市、千里ライフサイエンスセンター
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-24
• [Presentation] Development of a high repetition rate proton transverse beam profile diagnostic for laser-plasma ion sources (2016)
  • Author(s): N. Dover, M. Nishiuchi, H. Sakaki et al
  • Organizer: International Conference on High Energy Density Science、
  • Place of Presentation: 神奈川県横浜市、パシフィコ横浜 日本
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Development of high repetition rate proton transverse beam profile diagnostic for laser-plasma ion source (2016)
  • Author(s): N.Dover, M. Nishiuchi, H. Sakaki, K.Nishitani, M. Kando
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会 第71回 年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 宮城県 仙台市(東北学院大学 泉キャンパス）
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-19