• H. Sakaki, P.R. Bolton, T. Hori, S. Kawanishi, M. Nishiuchi
  JAEA, Ibaraki-ken
• H. Daido
  JAEA/Kansai, Kyoto
• Y. Iseki, T. Yoshiyuki
  Toshiba, Tokyo
• A. Noda, H. Souda
  Kyoto ICR, Uji, Kyoto
• K. Sutherland
  Hokkaido University, Sapporo

The cancer treatment with hadron beams continues to be made as hadron treatment facilities are being developed around the globe with state-of-the-art accelerator technology. The generation of energetic protons and ions from laser-plasma interactions, has made laser-driven hadron radiotherapy a subject of strong interest. Proton bunches with high peak current and ultralow emittance are typical of ultrafast laser-foil interactions. However, these bunches also exhibit large divergence and energy spread. Photo Medical Research Center (PMRC) of JAEA was recently established to address the challenge of the laser-driven ion accelerator development for hadron therapy. Our mission at PMRC is to develop integrated, laser-driven ion accelerator systems (ILDIAS) that demonstrate desired beam characteristics for such therapy. We used the Phase and Radial Motion in Ion Linear Accelerators (PARMILA) design software which was originally developed as a numerical tool to design and simulate beam performance. This report will discuss beam specifications of laser-driven ion accelerators using PARMILA.