High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Volume. 10, Issue 3, 03000e21(2022)

10 PW peak power femtosecond laser pulses at ELI-NP On the Cover

Christophe Radier1, Olivier Chalus1, Mathilde Charbonneau1, Shanjuhan Thambirajah1, Guillaume Deschamps1, Stephane David1, Julien Barbe1, Eric Etter1, Guillaume Matras1, Sandrine Ricaud1, Vincent Leroux1, Caroline Richard1, François Lureau1, Andrei Baleanu2, Romeo Banici2, Andrei Gradinariu2, Constantin Caldararu2, Cristian Capiteanu2, Andrei Naziru3,4, Bogdan Diaconescu3, Vicentiu Iancu3,4, Razvan Dabu3, Daniel Ursescu3,4, Ioan Dancus3、*, Calin Alexandru Ur3, Kazuo A. Tanaka3,5, and Nicolae Victor Zamfir3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Thales LAS France, 78990Élancourt, France
  • 2Thales Systems Romania, 060071Bucuresti, Romania
  • 3Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics, IFIN-HH, 077125Magurele, Romania
  • 4Physics Doctoral School, Bucharest University, 077125Magurele, Romania
  • 5Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka565-0871, Japan
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    Schematic diagram of the setup showing relevant elements used during the tests: G1–G4, large size gratings of the compressor; M1, leaky mirror; M2 and M3, steering mirrors; WP, high optical quality vacuum viewport; BS, beam splitter; ENERGY, energy-meter; WIZZLER, self-referencing spectral interferometer.
    Picture of the 10 PW beam dump installed for this experiment at the end of the transport line.
    Spectrum and spectral phase measured using the Wizzler.
    Temporal profile of the pulse measured using the Wizzler. The limits used to compute the energy ratio contained under the main peak are indicated with blue dashed lines. A total of 88% of the energy is contained in the main peak.
    Power evolution during the 10 PW demonstration. Pulses were delivered within 10 minutes. The pump energy in the 10 PW level amplifiers is shown as a label on top of each data point.
    Beam profile for the last shots fired at more than 10 PW peak power. The label represents the time for the specific measured pulse.
    Spectrum at the output of the last amplifier for each pulse. In green are the last three pulses with power larger than 10 PW. In pink are the pulses during the ramp up of the energy.
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    Christophe Radier, Olivier Chalus, Mathilde Charbonneau, Shanjuhan Thambirajah, Guillaume Deschamps, Stephane David, Julien Barbe, Eric Etter, Guillaume Matras, Sandrine Ricaud, Vincent Leroux, Caroline Richard, François Lureau, Andrei Baleanu, Romeo Banici, Andrei Gradinariu, Constantin Caldararu, Cristian Capiteanu, Andrei Naziru, Bogdan Diaconescu, Vicentiu Iancu, Razvan Dabu, Daniel Ursescu, Ioan Dancus, Calin Alexandru Ur, Kazuo A. Tanaka, Nicolae Victor Zamfir. 10 PW peak power femtosecond laser pulses at ELI-NP[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2022, 10(3): 03000e21

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Mar. 7, 2022

    Accepted: May. 17, 2022

    Posted: May. 18, 2022

    Published Online: Jun. 17, 2022

    The Author Email: Ioan Dancus (ioan.dancus@eli-np.ro)

    DOI:10.1017/hpl.2022.11

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