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Laser Particle Acceleration at the Pulsed Laser Center (CLPU)

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Abstract

The Pulsed Laser Center (CLPU) is a new laser facility placed in Salamanca, Spain. Here, we present the lasers which CLPU will offer to its users community and the first experiments that are being prepared in the laser particle acceleration field. The CLPU will count with the VEGA laser. This is a Ti:Sapphire laser which has three outputs. The first one is a 20 TW beam line (VEGA I, 30 fs, 600 mJ, 10 Hz), the second one is 200 TW (VEGA II, 30 fs, 6 J, 10 Hz) and the main beam line is a PW laser (VEGA III, 30 fs, 30 J, 1 Hz). VEGA I and VEGA II are already operative and are being used to developed detectors for particle acceleration 1 . The CLPU is also developing secondary sources for its users community. Recent studies have proved that the bremmstrahlung x-rays generated via electron acceleration by a GW laser are enough to have practical applications 2 . In particular, they can be used for intraoperative radiotherapy. The Center has developed an x-ray source with a 2.5 mJ, 120 fs, 1 kHz, Ti:Sapphire laser and a collaboration between the CLPU and the University of Salamanca has been established to study its application for radiotherapy purposes.