Ricerc@Sapienza

In the last decades the development of laser-driven acceleration and inertial fusion fields of research required the commissioning of laser systems with increasing power and repetion rate. This was accompained by a sensible growth of the produced electromagnetic pulses (EMP) inside the experimental chamber and on its surrounding, hindering the employment of any electronic device. Hence, a lot of effort has been put to develop optimized diagnostic systems able to cope with this problem.

Single crystal diamond detectors are widely employed in laser-induced plasma experiments to retrieve information about particles generated from the interaction. In particular, diamonds are used as Time of Flight (TOF) detectors featured by good sensitivity, high radiation hardness and fast response time. In this work, we provide a detailed characterization of two different types of electrodes configuration retrieving their charge collection efficiency, temporal response, and effective active area.

Plasma confinement represents a crucial point for plasma-based accelerators and plasma lenses because it can strongly affect the beam properties. For this reason, an accurate measurement of the plasma parameters, as plasma temperature, pressure and electron density, must be performed. In this paper, we introduce a novel method to detect the plasma temperature and the pressure for gas-filled capillaries in use at the SPARC-LAB test facility.