%0 Book Section
%A Holler, A.
%A Büscher, M.
%A Engin, I.
%A Hessan, M.
%A Lehrach, A.
%A Raab, N.
%A Seyen, A.
%A Gibbon, P.
%A Karmakar, A.
%A Peth, C.
%A Toncian, M.
%A Toncian, T.
%A Willi, O.
%T Polarization of laser-accelerated ions
%V 179
%C  
%I IOS Press
%M FZJ-2018-06660
%B  Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"
%P  205 - 212
%D 2018
%< Laser-Plasma Acceleration
%X The physics of laser-plasma interactions has undergone dramatic improvements in recent years. By directing a multi-TW, ultrashort laser pulse onto a thin foil or a gas jet, it is nowadays possible to produce multi-MeV proton, ion and electron beams. Although much progress has been made in characterizing and improving the quality of such laser-generated beams, it is still an untouched issue whether the laser-generated beams are or can be spin polarized and, thus, whether laser-based polarized sources are conceivable. To this end, one may either think of a spatial selection of certain spin states through the huge magnetic field gradients that are inherently generated in the laser-generated plasmas, or of pre-polarized target particles which maintain their polarization during the rapid acceleration process. We have developed a method to measure the degree of polarization of protons that have been accelerated at the 300 TW laser facility ARCturus at Dusseldorf University.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)7
%9 Contribution to a book
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/857686