High peak power lasers, high pulse energy lasers and applications (2)

[ALPS2-01(Invited)] The latest experimental results on laser-driven particle acceleration at ELI-NP

*Domenico Doria¹ (1. ELI-NP)

Experimental campaigns for the commissioning of the 10 PW target areas of ELI-NP were carried out last year. The E1 area, dedicated to experiments with short focal parabolic mirror, was commissioned by investigating proton acceleration via TNSA mechanism. Protons with energy up to 150 MeV have been attained. The E6 area, dedicated to experiments with long focal mirror, was also commissioned via LWFA of electrons and a maximum electron energy of about 4 GeV was achieved.