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Facilities Synchrotrons Neutron Scattering Diode Pumped Solid State Lasers Advanced Lasers (DPSSL) - DIPOLE Cristina Hernandez-Gomez, Ian Ross, Ian Musgrave, Wassem FELs Winstone, Shaikh, Andrey Chirped Pulse Optical Parametric Lyachev, Yunxin Tang, TrevorComputing Telescopes Oleg Chekhlov, Rob Clarke, Rob Heathcote, Kate Lancaster, Amplification (OPCPA) Vulcan 10 PW . Marco Gallimberti, Paul Holigan, Pavel Matousek, Martin Tolley, Accelerator Science Their David Neely, Peter Norreys, Steve Hancock, Brian Wyborn, combined relevance to ELI Particle Physics Hiromitsu Kiriyama1, Martin Divoky2,Geoff New3 Klaus Ertel, Mike Filton Astronomy 1APRI, Japanese Atomic Energy Research Institute, Space Physics 2Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Nuclear Physics, 3Imperial College, London

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Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse Amplification

Crystal High Energy Input DPSSL Pump Compress

Ultra Short Pulse

Stretch

Optical Parametric Amplification

Depleted Pump

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High Energy Idler Wave

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Worlds First Diode Pumped Laser Uranium Laser

Concept and Technology is not new at all

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~ 0.1 % Efficient

~60% Efficient

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1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4

Storage Efficiency Stored Energy

0.2 0.0 0

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PFS / PFS-Pro

Fluid Dynamics of Cooling DIPOLE

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LUCIA

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He Gas in ~150 K

Window Yb:YAG Slabs Vanes

He Gas out
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Needs good thermo-mechanical properties crystal Need large sizes glass Ceramics combine best of both Can be made with optical quality

1 kJ per beam would require ~ 15 x 15 cm aperture slabs Feasible - 11 cm available now - scaleable Variable doping Co-sintered cladding possible Non-cubic demonstrated
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Doping of each slab is different Slabs in centre more highly doped Pseudo-constant longitudinal pumping and gain Excellent Transverse ASE control 1 - 40 cm Optimised Thermal Management

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Seed laser 300nm bandwidth Stand alone ~3ns shaped pulse 2 Hz rate

Phase I

Phase 2

New High Yield Interaction Area

High rep rate ps, mJ Pump LBO

+ TW Beam lines

KD*P

KD*P
>500 J

Long stretch ~3 ns Seed

LBO

LBO

Compress
Interaction Chamber 300 J, 30 fs + 1 PW Beam line

Diagnostic compressor
600 J 600 J

Additional Vulcan 2 x 1.2 kJ 3 ns 208 beamlines

SHG SHG

527 nm 600 J 600 J 527 nm

Existing TAP Interaction Area

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EXISTING VULCAN

Interaction Chamber 300 J, 30 fs

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After Compr. Eff. 60% En=369J t=15fs P=25PW

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5 fs Rainbow Oscillator 600 nm 1000 nm

~ 810 nm 2- 20 nm

800 nm mJ+ Amplifier kHz CPA

~ 720 nm ~ 150 nm

~ 810 nm < 20 nm ~ ps
2nd Harmonic Generation & Condition ~ 405 nm ~ 10nm ~ ps SIGNAL LBO IDLER ~ 900 nm ~ 180 nm E ~ 700 J

Delay & Condition

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Collimating Parabola & Plasma Mirror 2 Pairs of Gratings

Switching Mirror

Beam In 600 Sq

Focussing Parabola

Beam Out 450 Sq

Collimating Lens
Turning Mirror Turning Mirror

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Gold Grating, S-polarization

600
0.1
0.2 0.3 0.4 5 0. 6 0. 7 0.

500
0.2 0.3

Grating Depth (Nanometers)

400
0.1

300

0.8

0. 7 0.6

200

0.5

0.4

100

0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0

Duty Cycle

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0.1

0.9

0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0

0.3

0.9

0.2

0.

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Other key issues need to improve also, e.g. Reliability (x10) - Brightness (x2) - Spectral Purity (x5) - System Efficiency

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