Ion acceleration driven by superintense laser pulses is attracting an impressive and steadily
increasing effort. Motivations can be found in the applicative potential and in the perspective …

Invited Review Article: “Hands-on” laser-driven ion acceleration: A primer for laser-driven source
development and potential applications | Review of Scientific Instruments | AIP Publishing Skip …

J-KAREN-P is a high-power laser facility aiming at the highest beam quality and irradiance
for performing state-of-the art experiments at the frontier of modern science. Here we …

We present the results of the first commissioning phase of the short-focal-length area of the
Apollon laser facility (located in Saclay, France), which was performed with the first available …

The paper examines the prospects of using laser plasma as a source of high-energy ions for
the purpose of hadron beam therapy—an approach which is based on both theory and …

We report on first commissioning results of the DRACO Petawatt ultra-short pulse laser
system implemented at the ELBE center for high power radiation sources of Helmholtz …

Using one of the world most powerful laser facility, we demonstrate for the first time that high-
contrast multi-picosecond pulses are advantageous for proton acceleration. By extending …

Particle acceleration using ultraintense, ultrashort laser pulses is one of the most attractive
topics in relativistic laser-plasma research. We report proton and/or ion acceleration in the …

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 …