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P: Fachverband Plasmaphysik

P 8: Plasmadiagnostik I

P 8.1: Invited Talk

Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 14:00–14:30, HS 2

Diagnostics for laser-driven plasma accelerators — •Malte Kaluza — Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Universität Jena — Helmholtz-Institut Jena

When generating relativistic plasmas with high power laser systems small-scale particle accelerators can be realized producing particle pulses which exhibit parameters complementary to conventional accelerators. To be able to resolve the physical processes underlying the acceleration mechanisms diagnostics well-suited for this plasma environment need to be designed and realized. In this presentation, several techniques will be introduced and recent results will be discussed. They have lead to the first time-resolved visualization of the plasma wave necessary for laser-driven electron acceleration, its non-linear evolution and the actual breaking of the plasma wave. Furthermore, diagnostic techniques relevant for laser-driven ion acceleration based on optical and particle probing will be presented.