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Plasma characterization of the gas-puff target source dedicated for soft X-ray microscopy using SiC detectors

Torrisi A., Wachulak P., Torrisi L., Bartnik A., Węgrzyński Ł., Fiedorowicz H.

Nukleonika

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2016

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Vol. 61, No. 2

139--143

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An Nd:YAG pulsed laser was employed to irradiate a nitrogen gas-puff target. The interaction gives rise to the emission of soft X-ray (SXR) radiation in the ‘water window’ spectral range (λ = 2.3÷4.4 nm). This source was already successfully employed to perform the SXR microscopy. In this work, a Silicon Carbide (SiC) detector was used to characterize the nitrogen plasma emission in terms of gas-puff target parameters. The measurements show applicability of SiC detectors for SXR plasma characterization.

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Nanostructured targets for TNSA laser ion acceleration

Torrisi L., Calcagno L., Cutroneo M., Badziak J., Rosinski M., Zaras-Szydlowska A., Torrisi A.

Nukleonika

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2016

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Vol. 61, No. 2

103--108

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Nanostructured targets, based on hydrogenated polymers with embedded nanostructures, were prepared as thin micrometric foils for high-intensity laser irradiation in TNSA regime to produce high-ion acceleration. Experiments were performed at the PALS facility, in Prague, by using 1315 nm wavelength, 300 ps pulse duration and an intensity of 1016 W/cm2 and at the IPPLM, in Warsaw, by using 800 nm wavelength, 40 fs pulse duration, and an intensity of 1019 W/cm2. Forward plasma diagnostic mainly uses SiC detectors and ion collectors in time of fl ight (TOF) confi guration. At these intensities, ions can be accelerated at energies above 1 MeV per nucleon. In presence of Au nanoparticles, and/or under particular irradiation conditions, effects of resonant absorption can induce ion acceleration enhancement up to values of the order of 4 MeV per nucleon.

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Multi-energy ion implantation from high-intensity laser

Cutroneo M., Torrisi L., Ullschmied J., Dudzak R.

Nukleonika

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2016

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Vol. 61, No. 2

109--113

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The laser-matter interaction using nominal laser intensity above 1015 W/cm2 generates in vacuum non- -equilibrium plasmas accelerating ions at energies from tens keV up to hundreds MeV. From thin targets, using the TNSA regime, plasma is generated in the forward direction accelerating ions above 1 MeV per charge state and inducing high-ionization states. Generally, the ion energies follow a Boltzmann-like distribution characterized by a cutoff at high energy and by a Coulomb-shift towards high energy increasing the ion charge state. The accelerated ions are emitted with the high directivity, depending on the ion charge state and ion mass, along the normal to the target surface. The ion fluencies depend on the ablated mass by laser, indeed it is low for thin targets. Ions accelerated from plasma can be implanted on different substrates such as Si crystals, glassy-carbon and polymers at different fluences. The ion dose increment of implanted substrates is obtainable with repetitive laser shots and with repetitive plasma emissions. Ion beam analytical methods (IBA), such as Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS), elastic recoil detection analysis (ERDA) and proton-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) can be employed to analyse the implanted species in the substrates. Such analyses represent ‘off-line’ methods to extrapolate and to character the plasma ion stream emission as well as to investigate the chemical and physical modifications of the implanted surface. The multi-energy and species ion implantation from plasma, at high fluency, changes the physical and chemical properties of the implanted substrates, in fact, many parameters, such as morphology, hardness, optical and mechanical properties, wetting ability and nanostructure generation may be modified through the thermal-assisted implantation by multi-energy ions from laser-generated plasma.

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Ion acceleration from intense laser-generated plasma : methods, diagnostics and possible applications

Torrisi L.

Nukleonika

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2015

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Vol. 60, No. 2

207--212

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Many parameters of non-equilibrium plasma generated by high intensity and fast lasers depend on the pulse intensity and the laser wavelength. In conditions favourable for the target normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) regime the ion acceleration from the rear side of the target can be enhanced by increasing the thin foil absorbance through the use of nanoparticles and nanostructures promoting the surface plasmon resonance effect. In conditions favourable for the backward plasma acceleration (BPA) regime, when thick targets are used, a special role is played by the laser focal position with respect to the target surface, a proper choice of which may result in induced self-focusing effects and non-linear acceleration enhancement. SiC detectors employed in the time-of-flight (TOF) confi guration and a Thomson parabola spectrometer permit on-line diagnostics of the ion streams emitted at high kinetic energies. The target composition and geometry, apart from the laser parameters and to the irradiation conditions, allow further control of the plasma characteristics and can be varied by using advanced targets to reach the maximum ion acceleration. Measurements using advanced targets with enhanced the laser absorption effect in thin films are presented. Applications of accelerated ions in the field of ion source, hadrontherapy and nuclear physics are discussed.

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Proton emission from laser - generated plasmas at different intensities

Torrisi L., Cutroneo M., Cavallaro S., Giuffrida L., Margarone D.

Nukleonika

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2012

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Vol. 57, No. 2

237-240

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Proton acceleration from laser-generated plasma is carried out at intensities ranging between 1010 and 1019 W/cm2, by using ns, ps and fs laser systems. The high energy density transferred from the pulsed laser beam into the solid target generates ionized species released in vacuum from the solid surface. Fast electrons followed by slower ions build up a double-layer and a consequent electric field, which is responsible for the ion acceleration mainly along the target-normal. Polymeric targets containing nanostructures (or metallic species) with high laser absorbing capacity, and metallic hydrates (or H-enriched metals), permit to increase the plasma temperature and density, thus to improve the proton beam energy and current. Thick targets and low laser intensities, operating in repetitive pulse, allows to generate high currents of low energy protons. On the other hand, through the use of thin targets and high laser intensities enabled the generation of high proton energies, above 1 MeV.

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Post acceleration of ions emitted from laser and spark - generated plasmas

Torrisi L., Cavallaro S., Rosiński M., Nassisi V., Paperny V., Romanov I.

Nukleonika

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2012

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Vol. 57, No. 3

323-332

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Pulsed lasers at intensities of the order of 1010 W/cm2 interacting with solid matter in vacuum, produce hot plasmas at high temperatures and densities. The charge state distributions of the plasma generate a high electric field, which induces high ion acceleration along the normal to the target surface. The high yield of the emitted ions can generate a near constant current by using repetitive pulses irradiating thick targets. In order to increase ion energy, a post-acceleration system can be employed by using acceleration voltages above 10 kV. Special ion extraction methods can be employed to generate the final ion beam, which is multi-ionic and multi-energetic, due to the presence of different ion species and of different charge states. In this article four different methods of post ion acceleration, employed at the INFN-LNS of Catania, at the IPPLM of Warsaw, at the INFN of Lecce and at the LPI of Moscow, are presented, discussed and compared. All methods are able to implant ions in different substrates at different depth and at different dose-rates.

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Post-acceleration of ions from the laser-generated plasma

Giuffrida L., Torrisi L.

Nukleonika

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2011

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Vol. 56, No. 2

161-163

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An application of the laser-generated plasma for multi-energetic ion implantation is reported. In an experiment performed at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS) of Catania, Italy the Nd:YAG laser was used, operating at the 1064 nm wavelength with the intensity of 1010 W/cm2. A laser pulse of 9 ns duration and 300 mJ energy was employed to ablate a solid target placed in a high vacuum. The free ion expansion occurred in a constant potential chamber placed at 30 kV positive voltage with respect to the ground, which allowed to extract ions with energy proportional to the charge state. In an another experiment, performed at the PALS Prague laser facility (1315 nm, 400 ps pulse width and the laser pulse energy delivered on target equal to about 35 J) Ti ions were obtained through the ablation of solid targets in vacuum by means of 1015 W/cm2 laser pulses. In both cases ion energy analyzers were used to measure the energy-to-charge ratio of the ions. The ion energy distribution was determined from the time-of-flight measurements. The depth profiles measured through Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) analysis are in good agreement with the ion energy analyzer spectroscopy measurements.

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Laser-induced ablation: physics and diagnostics of ion emission

Torrisi L.

Nukleonika

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2011

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Vol. 56, No. 2

113-117

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Pulsed lasers generating beams of different intensities may be used to produce ablation of solid targets placed in high vacuum and to generate pulsed plasma and ion acceleration. The plasma is in a non-equilibrium condition and in the first instant the particles being generated are subject to thermal interactions, to a supersonic gas expansion in vacuum and to a Coulomb acceleration due to the high electric field developed along the normal to the target surface. The ion diagnostics, based on time-of-flight technique, allow us to measure the mean ion energy, the total number of ions, as well as the ion energy and charge state distributions. The ion energy distributions may be described by the Coulomb- -Boltzmann-Shifted (CBS) function, which after fitting to the experimental data may be used to determine the equivalent ion temperature and the accelerating voltage. Given the equivalent acceleration voltage and the plasma Debye length, it is possible to estimate the magnitude of the electric field developed in the plasma. Measurements of the ablation yield, plasma dimension and optical spectroscopy allow us to calculate the atomic and electronic plasma density and to evaluate the coronal plasma temperature. Some applications of the laser-induced ablation consist in the realization of laser ion sources (LIS), generation of multi-energetic ion beams by using a post-accelerating voltage, use of ultra-intense fs lasers to accelerate ions to energies of the order of tens MeV/nucleon. Other special applications include the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) of thin films, the laser ablation coupled to mass quadrupole spectrometry (LAMQS) probes, ablation of biological tissues, and generation of plasma for astrophysical and nuclear investigations.