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The Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) Beamlines facility provides the international research community with access to high-repetition-rate laser systems. One of the available experimental platforms is the ELIMAIA (ELI Multidisciplinary Applications of laser-Ion Acceleration) beamline, designed to provide characterized laser-driven ion beams for applications in physics, materials science, and medical research.
ELIMAIA is driven by the L3-HAPLS laser system, a Ti:sapphire CPA system designed to deliver pulses of 30 J with durations <30 fs at repetition rates up to 10 Hz. This contribution reports on the parameters and performance of the beamline during recent user campaigns. Currently, ELIMAIA is operated at pulse energies of 10 J, with higher energies planned for future operations. At intensities exceeding 10^21 W/cm^2, the beamline has entered the user operation phase.
Key operational capabilities for ELIMAIA include the implementation of an automated control and diagnostic system capable of real-time data analysis at up to 1 Hz. Ion acceleration with maximum detected proton energies reaching 40 MeV is reported. Furthermore, the ELIMED section—the ion beam transport, filtering, and dosimetry part of the beamline—is integrated and functional. This section enables controlled in-air sample irradiation at its end-station using laser-driven protons with energies between 20 and 25 MeV. This contribution presents the technical specifications and performance range of the ELIMAIA-ELIMED platform recorded during conducted user campaigns, which have already served 18 users and delivered over 55,000 high-power shots on target.