The FLAME laser at SPARC_LAB

• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.02.027
• Publication Date: 2018-02-09T11:45:13Z
• Authors: F.G. Bisesto; M.P. Anania; M. Bellaveglia; E. Chiadroni; A. Cianchi; G. Costa; A. Curcio; D. Di Giovenale; G. Di Pirro; M. Ferrario; F. Filippi; A. Gallo; A. Marocchino; R. Pompili; A. Zigler; C. Vaccarezza
• Keywords: Plasma acceleration; Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph); Settore FIS/07 - FISICA APPLICATA (A BENI CULTURALI; FOS: Physical sciences; BIOLOGIA E MEDICINA); 01 natural sciences; High power laser; Settore FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE; Femtosecond laser; Electromagnetic source; AMBIENTALI; 0103 physical sciences; Physics - Accelerator Physics; High power laser; Femtosecond laser; Plasma acceleration; Electromagnetic source

FLAME is a high power laser system installed at the SPARC_LAB Test Facility in Frascati (Italy). The ultra-intense pulses are employed to study interaction with matter for many purposes: electron acceleration through LWFA, ion and proton generation exploiting TNSA mechanism, of new radiation sources development diagnostics. In this work, an overview will be given, together recent experimental results.