We report on experimental investigations of proton acceleration from solid foils irradiated
with PW-class laser-pulses, where highest proton cut-off energies were achieved for …

Laser-driven ion sources are a rapidly developing technology producing high energy, high
peak current beams. Their suitability for applications, such as compact medical accelerators …

We report on recent experimental results deploying a continuous cryogenic hydrogen jet as
a debris-free, renewable laser-driven source of pure proton beams generated at the 150 TW …

The investigation of spatio-temporal couplings (STCs) of broadband light beams is
becoming a key topic for the optimization as well as applications of ultrashort laser systems …

An overview of research on laser-plasma based acceleration of ions is given. The
experimental state of the art is summarized and recent progress is discussed. The basic …

We present an experimental study investigating laser-driven proton acceleration via target
normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) over a target thickness range spanning the typical TNSA …

Proton beams are a promising tool for the improvement of radiotherapy of cancer, and
compact laser-driven proton radiation (LDPR) is discussed as an alternative to established …

Acceleration of particles from the interaction of ultraintense laser pulses up to 5× 10 21 W
cm− 2 with thin foils is investigated experimentally. The electron beam parameters varied …

We report experimental evidence that multi-MeV protons accelerated in relativistic laser-
plasma interactions are modulated by strong filamentary electromagnetic fields. Modulations …

Intense laser-driven proton pulses, inherently broadband and highly divergent, pose a
challenge to established beamline concepts on the path to application-adapted irradiation …