54 results on '"Christophe Simon-Boisson"'
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2. 10 petawatts laser operation within beam transport section at ELI-NP
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Sandrine Ricaud, Sébastien Laux, Christophe Simon-Boisson, François Lureau, Hervé Besaucele, Christophe Radier, Caroline Richard, Olivier Chalus, Olivier Casagrande, and G. Matras
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Physics ,Extreme Light Infrastructure ,business.industry ,Aperture ,Phase (waves) ,Pulse duration ,Laser ,law.invention ,Optics ,Shot (pellet) ,law ,business ,Energy (signal processing) ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
As major milestone of commissioning phase of beam transport section for the 10 PetaWatts beamlines of Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) located in Magurele (Romania), we have propagated the beam throughout the beam transport section and measured its energy as well as its pulse duration after compression at full energy and full aperture. 10 consecutive laser pulses have been shot at a repetition rate of 1 shot per minute with compressed pulse energy ranging between 241 and 246 Joules while pulse duration has been measured at 23 fs leading to the first ever operation above 10 PetaWatts peak power
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- 2021
3. Beam size dependency of a laser-induced plasma in confined regime: Shortening of the plasma release. Influence on pressure and thermal loading
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Laurent Berthe, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Olivier Casagrande, Laurent Videau, Rémy Fabbro, Olivier Castelnau, Selen Ünaldi, Alexandre Rondepierre, Yann Rouchausse, Hervé Besaucele, Laboratoire Procédés et Ingénierie en Mécanique et Matériaux (PIMM), Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] (CNAM)-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM), DAM Île-de-France (DAM/DIF), Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Thales LAS France, This research was funded by Thales company, institutions (CEA,NRS, ENSAM), and by the ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche), Forge Laser Project (Grant No.: ANR-18-CE08-0026)., Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] (CNAM), HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM)-HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM), and ANR-18-CE08-0026,ForgeLaser,Traitement par Choc laser pour surfaces claustrées(2018)
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Shock wave ,Finite element method ,Materials science ,Optical fiber ,Thermal effect ,Matériaux [Sciences de l'ingénieur] ,Physics::Optics ,Atmospheric-pressure plasma ,02 engineering and technology ,law.invention ,[SPI.MAT]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Materials ,Thermal barrier coating ,law ,0502 economics and business ,Plasma lifetime ,Laser shock peening ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Adiabatic process ,05 social sciences ,Peening ,Plasma ,Mechanics ,VISAR analysis ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Laser ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,0210 nano-technology ,050203 business & management - Abstract
Processes using laser-shock applications, such as Laser Shock Peening or Laser Stripping require a deep understanding of both mechanical and thermal loading applied. We hereby present new experimental measurements of the plasma pressure release regarding its initial dimension, which depends on the laser beam size. Our data were obtained through shock waves’ velocity analysis and radiometric assessments. A new model to describe the adiabatic release behavior of a laser-induced plasma with a dependency to the beam size is developed. The results and the associated model exhibit that the plasma release duration is shortened with smaller laser spots. As a consequence, with chosen smaller laser spots (0.6 mm to 1 mm), the thermal loading applied during the plasma lifetime will also decrease. These new results shall help for a better understanding of laser-matter interaction for laser-shock applications by giving more accurate plasma profiles. Thus, process simulations can be improved as well. Eventually, by considering recent developments with high-power Diode Pumped Solid-State lasers (DPSS), we now expect to develop a new configuration for LSP which could be applicable both without any thermal coating and deliverable by an optical fiber. This research was funded by Thales company, institutions (CEA,NRS, ENSAM), and by the ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche), Forge Laser Project (Grant No.: ANR-18-CE08-0026).
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4. Development of Laser Shock Repeated Dense Peening (LSRDP) at High Repetition Rate
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Alexandre Rondepierre, Yann Rouchausse, Olivier Casagrande, Olivier Castelnau, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Hervé Besaucelé, and Laurent Berthe
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Using most advanced Diode-Pumped Solid State laser architectures (1 J, 10 ns, 200 Hz), we have developed and optimized a high-frequency configuration for Laser Shock Peening: small laser spots, high-overlap ratios and without thermal coating.
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- 2021
5. EuPRAXIA conceptual design report
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Ke Wang, A. Y. Molodozhentsev, L. Boulton, Barbara Marchetti, Maria Weikum, Giuseppe Dattoli, Ulrich Schramm, P. Delinikolas, Victor Malka, T. L. Audet, Anna Giribono, Cristina Vaccarezza, Erik Bründermann, Marco Bellaveglia, Fernando Brandi, Vladimir Shpakov, F. Massimo, Dimitris N. Papadopoulos, D. Ullmann, Manuel Kirchen, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Axel Bernhard, Luca Piersanti, Marco Galimberti, Masaki Kando, Federico Nguyen, Suming Weng, Dario Giove, Thomas M. Spinka, Barbara Patrizi, A. Ghigo, R. Pattathil, M. A. Pocsai, Arie Irman, A. Chancé, Y. Zhao, Hao Zhang, Zulfikar Najmudin, Vladimir Litvinenko, Fabrice Marteau, G. Kirwan, U. Rotundo, Florian Grüner, L. O. Silva, F. Falcoz, Joana Luis Martins, D. Alesini, D. Khikhlukha, Francesco Iungo, Z. Mazzotta, Angelo Biagioni, A. F. Habib, Wim Leemans, S. Jaster-Merz, Alessandro Vannozzi, Leonida A. Gizzi, Fabien Briquez, S. Bartocci, Petra Koester, Tamina Akhter, Phu Anh Phi Nghiem, G. C. Bussolino, Jorge Vieira, Adolfo Esposito, D. Di Giovenale, Jens Osterhoff, Sergio Cantarella, Kristjan Poder, Bernhard Holzer, Nicolas Delerue, Brigitte Cros, Fabio Villa, Igor Andriyash, Alessandro Stecchi, Paul Crump, Sally Wiggins, Constantin Haefner, A. Del Dotto, Oscar Jakobsson, Alessandro Gallo, Emily Sistrunk, G. Di Pirro, Olena Kononenko, Yang Li, P. Campana, A. Martinez de la Ossa, Anke-Susanne Müller, Christoph Lechner, Brendan A. Reagan, Stuart Mangles, Andrew Sutherland, D. Kocon, E. N. Svystun, Simon M. Hooker, Ruggero Ricci, Javier Resta-López, C. D. Murphy, R. Walczak, Dino A. Jaroszynski, M. Yabashi, Chan Joshi, P. Santangelo, Maria Pia Anania, Konstantin Kruchinin, C. Simon, M. Hübner, C. A. Lindstrøm, Markus Büscher, Ulrich Dorda, J. Wolfenden, Alvin C. Erlandson, G. Korn, Sergey Mironov, Alessandro Rossi, Carl Schroeder, Zheng-Ming Sheng, Olle Lundh, T. Silva, Lucas Schaper, A. Ferran Pousa, M. Del Franco, Audrey Beluze, M. H. Bussmann, Alberto Marocchino, Gilles Maynard, Min Chen, Andrea Mostacci, Alexander Knetsch, Renato Fedele, M. Rossetti Conti, Amin Ghaith, G. Costa, R. Brinkmann, Gaetano Fiore, Claes-Göran Wahlström, J. Fils, Luca Serafini, Fabrizio Bisesto, J. Cowley, X. Li, Andreas Lehrach, Augusto Marcelli, Vittoria Petrillo, M. Ibison, Antonio Falone, A. Beck, Bruno Buonomo, D. Oumbarek Espinos, Daria Pugacheva, Stefan Karsch, A. Beaton, A. Nutter, Carsten Welsch, F. Mathieu, Christophe Szwaj, R. Fiorito, Paul Scherkl, C. Le Blanc, Arie Zigler, J. Scifo, Malte C. Kaluza, Craig W. Siders, Angelo Stella, Mathieu Valléau, Ujjwal Sinha, M. J. V. Streeter, A. Welsch, Efim A. Khazanov, Eléonore Roussel, Gianluca Sarri, Lucia Sabbatini, Silvia Morante, T. Heinemann, A. Aschikhin, G. Di Raddo, L. Pribyl, S. Romeo, Alberto Bacci, N. E. Andreev, Matteo Vannini, A. Bonatto, Francesco Filippi, Klaus Ertel, Riccardo Pompili, Ricardo Fonseca, Olivier Marcouillé, E. Di Pasquale, Jason Cole, M. Artioli, R. D'Arcy, Giovanni Franzini, Marco Diomede, Andreas Maier, I. Kostyukov, A. Specka, Serge Bielawski, Wei Lu, F. Cioeta, A. Mosnier, Grace Manahan, S. Vescovi, Alessandro Cianchi, P. Niknejadi, Francesco Stellato, Luigi Pellegrino, Oliver Karger, A. Helm, Bernhard Hidding, Paolo Tomassini, J. A. Clarke, A. Petralia, Davide Terzani, Enrica Chiadroni, Ralph Assmann, Alexandra Alexandrova, Paul Mason, R. Rossmanith, Jun Zhu, Thomas C. Galvin, R. Torres, Agustin Lifschitz, M. E. Couprie, Massimo Ferrario, F. Brottier, S. De Nicola, Kevin Cassou, Tomonao Hosokai, Andy J. Bayramian, J. L. Paillard, Gabriele Tauscher, P. A. Walker, Geetanjali Sharma, P. Lee, Guido Toci, Farzad Jafarinia, Simona Incremona, Imre Ferenc Barna, Charles Kitegi, D. R. Symes, M. Croia, Vladyslav Libov, J. M. Dias, Guoxing Xia, L. Labate, Assmann, R. W., Weikum, M. K., Akhter, T., Alesini, D., Alexandrova, A. S., Anania, M. P., Andreev, N. E., Andriyash, I., Artioli, M., Aschikhin, A., Audet, T., Bacci, A., Barna, I. F., Bartocci, S., Bayramian, A., Beaton, A., Beck, A., Bellaveglia, M., Beluze, A., Bernhard, A., Biagioni, A., Bielawski, S., Bisesto, F. G., Bonatto, A., Boulton, L., Brandi, F., Brinkmann, R., Briquez, F., Brottier, F., Brundermann, E., Buscher, M., Buonomo, B., Bussmann, M. H., Bussolino, G., Campana, P., Cantarella, S., Cassou, K., Chance, A., Chen, M., Chiadroni, E., Cianchi, A., Cioeta, F., Clarke, J. A., Cole, J. M., Costa, G., Couprie, M. -E., Cowley, J., Croia, M., Cros, B., Crump, P. A., D'Arcy, R., Dattoli, G., Del Dotto, A., Delerue, N., Del Franco, M., Delinikolas, P., De Nicola, S., Dias, J. M., Di Giovenale, D., Diomede, M., Di Pasquale, E., Di Pirro, G., Di Raddo, G., Dorda, U., Erlandson, A. C., Ertel, K., Esposito, A., Falcoz, F., Falone, A., Fedele, R., Ferran Pousa, A., Ferrario, M., Filippi, F., Fils, J., Fiore, G., Fiorito, R., Fonseca, R. A., Franzini, G., Galimberti, M., Gallo, A., Galvin, T. C., Ghaith, A., Ghigo, A., Giove, D., Giribono, A., Gizzi, L. A., Gruner, F. J., Habib, A. F., Haefner, C., Heinemann, T., Helm, A., Hidding, B., Holzer, B. J., Hooker, S. M., Hosokai, T., Hubner, M., Ibison, M., Incremona, S., Irman, A., Iungo, F., Jafarinia, F. J., Jakobsson, O., Jaroszynski, D. A., Jaster-Merz, S., Joshi, C., Kaluza, M., Kando, M., Karger, O. S., Karsch, S., Khazanov, E., Khikhlukha, D., Kirchen, M., Kirwan, G., Kitegi, C., Knetsch, A., Kocon, D., Koester, P., Kononenko, O. S., Korn, G., Kostyukov, I., Kruchinin, K. O., Labate, L., Le Blanc, C., Lechner, C., Lee, P., Leemans, W., Lehrach, A., Li, X., Li, Y., Libov, V., Lifschitz, A., Lindstrom, C. A., Litvinenko, V., Lu, W., Lundh, O., Maier, A. R., Malka, V., Manahan, G. G., Mangles, S. P. D., Marcelli, A., Marchetti, B., Marcouille, O., Marocchino, A., Marteau, F., Martinez de la Ossa, A., Martins, J. L., Mason, P. D., Massimo, F., Mathieu, F., Maynard, G., Mazzotta, Z., Mironov, S., Molodozhentsev, A. Y., Morante, S., Mosnier, A., Mostacci, A., Muller, A. -S., Murphy, C. D., Najmudin, Z., Nghiem, P. A. P., Nguyen, F., Niknejadi, P., Nutter, A., Osterhoff, J., Oumbarek Espinos, D., Paillard, J. -L., Papadopoulos, D. N., Patrizi, B., Pattathil, R., Pellegrino, L., Petralia, A., Petrillo, V., Piersanti, L., Pocsai, M. A., Poder, K., Pompili, R., Pribyl, L., Pugacheva, D., Reagan, B. A., Resta-Lopez, J., Ricci, R., Romeo, S., Rossetti Conti, M., Rossi, A. R., Rossmanith, R., Rotundo, U., Roussel, E., Sabbatini, L., Santangelo, P., Sarri, G., Schaper, L., Scherkl, P., Schramm, U., Schroeder, C. B., Scifo, J., Serafini, L., Sharma, G., Sheng, Z. M., Shpakov, V., Siders, C. W., Silva, L. O., Silva, T., Simon, C., Simon-Boisson, C., Sinha, U., Sistrunk, E., Specka, A., Spinka, T. M., Stecchi, A., Stella, A., Stellato, F., Streeter, M. J. V., Sutherland, A., Svystun, E. N., Symes, D., Szwaj, C., Tauscher, G. E., Terzani, D., Toci, G., Tomassini, P., Torres, R., Ullmann, D., Vaccarezza, C., Valleau, M., Vannini, M., Vannozzi, A., Vescovi, S., Vieira, J. M., Villa, F., Wahlstrom, C. -G., Walczak, R., Walker, P. A., Wang, K., Welsch, A., Welsch, C. P., Weng, S. M., Wiggins, S. M., Wolfenden, J., Xia, G., Yabashi, M., Zhang, H., Zhao, Y., Zhu, J., Zigler, A., Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron [Hamburg] (DESY), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli (INFN, Sezione di Napoli), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF), Laboratoire d'optique appliquée (LOA), École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), and EuPRAXIA
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Technology ,electron: energy ,AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS-EMISSION ,wake field [plasma] ,General Physics and Astronomy ,costs ,plasma: wake field ,free electron laser ,GeV ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,wake field [acceleration] ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,law.invention ,Laser technology ,acceleration: wake field ,Conceptual design ,FREE-ELECTRON LASER ,AT-SPARC-LAB ,law ,IN-CELL CODE ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph] ,PLASMA-WAKEFIELD ACCELERATION ,General Materials Science ,LATERAL SHEARING INTERFEROMETRY ,media_common ,Applied Physics ,Settore FIS/01 ,02 Physical Sciences ,T1 ,light source ,Physics ,Settore FIS/07 ,accelerator: plasma ,Schedule (project management) ,Physical Sciences ,Systems engineering ,positron ,Plasma acceleration ,X rays ,compact accelerators ,performance ,WAKE-FIELD ACCELERATION ,X-RAY SOURCE ,Project implementation ,Fluids & Plasmas ,Physics, Multidisciplinary ,accelerator [electron] ,Physics and Astronomy(all) ,HIGH PEAK POWER ,electron: accelerator ,horizon ,medicine: imaging ,X-ray ,accelerators ,Materials Science(all) ,0103 physical sciences ,media_common.cataloged_instance ,ddc:530 ,European union ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,010306 general physics ,energy [electron] ,01 Mathematical Sciences ,plasma: acceleration ,acceleration [plasma] ,Electron energy ,Science & Technology ,imaging [medicine] ,plasma [accelerator] ,Particle accelerator ,plasmas ,Accelerators and Storage Rings ,laser ,Automatic Keywords ,gamma ray ,linear collider ,ddc:600 ,CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION - Abstract
European physical journal special topics 229(24), 3675 - 4284 (2020). doi:10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8, This report presents the conceptual design of a new European research infrastructure EuPRAXIA. The concept has been established over the last four years in a unique collaboration of 41 laboratories within a Horizon 2020 design study funded by the European Union. EuPRAXIA is the first European project that develops a dedicated particle accelerator research infrastructure based on novel plasma acceleration concepts and laser technology. It focuses on the development of electron accelerators and underlying technologies, their user communities, and the exploitation of existing accelerator infrastructures in Europe. EuPRAXIA has involved, amongst others, the international laser community and industry to build links and bridges with accelerator science — through realising synergies, identifying disruptive ideas, innovating, and fostering knowledge exchange. The Eu-PRAXIA project aims at the construction of an innovative electron accelerator using laser- and electron-beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration that offers a significant reduction in size and possible savings in cost over current state-of-the-art radiofrequency-based accelerators. The foreseen electron energy range of one to five gigaelectronvolts (GeV) and its performance goals will enable versatile applications in various domains, e.g. as a compact free-electron laser (FEL), compact sources for medical imaging and positron generation, table-top test beams for particle detectors, as well as deeply penetrating X-ray and gamma-ray sources for material testing. EuPRAXIA is designed to be the required stepping stone to possible future plasma-based facilities, such as linear colliders at the high-energy physics (HEP) energy frontier. Consistent with a high-confidence approach, the project includes measures to retire risk by establishing scaled technology demonstrators. This report includes preliminary models for project implementation, cost and schedule that would allow operation of the full Eu-PRAXIA facility within 8—10 years., Published by Springer, Heidelberg
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6. 30 TW and 33 fs pulses delivered by a Ti:Sa amplifier system seeded with a frequency-doubled fiber laser
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Sébastien Laux, Kevin Robin, Lucas Ranc, Alain Pellegrina, Cyril Vinçont, Hervé Besaucele, Johan Boullet, Philippe Morin, Thomas Morbieu, Michael Berisset, Hugo Lecommandoux, Guillaume Machinet, Christophe Pierre, Benoit Beaurepaire, Simon Boivinet, Alexandre Loulier, Olivier Casagrande, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Sébastien Vidal, Jean-Paul Yehouessi, Sandrine Ricaud, ALPhANOV, Thales LAS France, Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Lasers, Laboratoire Charles Fabry (LCF), and Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics] ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Amplifier ,Pulse duration ,01 natural sciences ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,010309 optics ,Optics ,Picosecond ,Fiber laser ,0103 physical sciences ,Spectral width ,Comparison study ,Fiber ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,A fibers ,business ,Engineering (miscellaneous) ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
We report a full experimental comparison study on the injection of a Ti:Sa multi-terawatt amplifier chain with a standard 15 fs Ti:Sa oscillator and 35 fs frequency-doubled fiber oscillator. The study highlights that the Ti:Sa oscillator, with high performance in terms of pulse duration and spectral width, can be replaced by the frequency-doubled fiber oscillator to seed Ti:Sa amplifier chains almost without any compromise on the output pulse duration and picosecond contrast. Finally, we demonstrate for the first time to our knowledge a 30 TW and 33 fs Ti:Sa amplifier injected by a fiber oscillator.
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7. 10 petawatt lasers for extreme light applications
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Andrei Gradinariu, B. De Boisdeffre, Petru Ghenuche, Alain Pellegrina, G. Rey, R. Banici, Christophe Radier, Daniel Ursescu, Andrei Naziru, L. Boudjemaa, G. Matras, S. Ricaud, Thomas Morbieu, Liviu Neagu, Constantin Caldararu, François Lureau, I. Dancus, C. Derycke, Olivier Chalus, Olivier Casagrande, Georgios Kolliopoulos, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Andrei Baleanu, and Sébastien Laux
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Orders of magnitude (power) ,Materials science ,Extreme Light Infrastructure ,business.industry ,Aperture ,Laser ,law.invention ,Wavelength ,Optics ,law ,Sapphire ,business ,Lasing threshold ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
We report the generation of unprecedented 10 PetaWatt laser pulses obtained from each of the two beamlines of the High Power Laser System (HPLS) of ELI-NP (Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics) research infrastructure. The laser system is a hybrid system made of a double CPA based on amplification within Titanium Sapphire crystals combined with an OPCPA with a parametric amplification stage boosting the energy to 10 mJ at the entrance of the second CPA. A XPW filter is also inserted between the two CPA and in combination with the OPCPA improves the temporal contrast of the pulses by typically 7 orders of magnitude. The spectral effects occurring during amplification such as gain narrowing and wavelength shifting are compensated through the use of spectral filters. Final amplification stages are involving large aperture Ti:Sapphire crystals (up to 200 mm) which are pumped by high energy frequencydoubled Nd:Glass lasers delivering each 100 J of green light. Laser beams have been amplified respectively up to 332 J and to 342 J of pulse energy at 1 shot per minute without any occurrence of ASE and transverse lasing thanks to index matching fluid surrounding the crystal over is entire length and pump deposition management over the time before each beam pass within the Ti:Sapphire crystal. We have demonstrated full aperture compression by metric gratings of these amplified pulses down to 22.6 fs and therefore made the full demonstration for the first time ever of 10 PW capability from a laser system.
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8. High-energy hybrid femtosecond laser system demonstrating 2 × 10 PW capability
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Sébastien Laux, Caroline Richard, François Lureau, Olivier Chalus, Andrei Baleanu, Christophe Radier, R. Banici, C. Derycke, Bertrand De Boisdeffre, Constantin Caldararu, Georgios Kolliopoulos, Andrei Gradinariu, Daniel Ursescu, Andrei Naziru, G. Matras, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Petru Ghenuche, Sandrine Ricaud, Olivier Casagrande, G. Rey, Thomas Morbieu, Liviu Neagu, I. Dancus, L. Boudjemaa, Razvan Dabu, and Alain Pellegrina
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Amplifier ,Pulse duration ,Nanosecond ,Laser ,01 natural sciences ,Barium borate ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Pulse (physics) ,law.invention ,010309 optics ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Nuclear Energy and Engineering ,chemistry ,law ,Picosecond ,0103 physical sciences ,Femtosecond ,Optoelectronics ,010306 general physics ,business - Abstract
We report on a two-arm hybrid high-power laser system (HPLS) able to deliver 2 × 10 PW femtosecond pulses, developed at the Bucharest-Magurele Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) Facility. A hybrid front-end (FE) based on a Ti:sapphire chirped pulse amplifier and a picosecond optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier based on beta barium borate (BBO) crystals, with a cross-polarized wave (XPW) filter in between, has been developed. It delivers 10 mJ laser pulses, at 10 Hz repetition rate, with more than 70 nm spectral bandwidth and high-intensity contrast, in the range of 1013:1. The high-energy Ti:sapphire amplifier stages of both arms were seeded from this common FE. The final high-energy amplifier, equipped with a 200 mm diameter Ti:sapphire crystal, has been pumped by six 100 J nanosecond frequency doubled Nd:glass lasers, at 1 pulse/min repetition rate. More than 300 J output pulse energy has been obtained by pumping with only 80% of the whole 600 J available pump energy. The compressor has a transmission efficiency of 74% and an output pulse duration of 22.7 fs was measured, thus demonstrating that the dual-arm HPLS has the capacity to generate 10 PW peak power femtosecond pulses. The reported results represent the cornerstone of the ELI-NP 2 × 10 PW femtosecond laser facility, devoted to fundamental and applied nuclear physics research.
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9. Prospects for Ultra High Irradiance at Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics
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Sébastien Laux, Olivier Casagrande, R. Banici, Daniel Ursescu, Andrei Naziru, Andrei Baleanu, Olivier Chalus, Christophe Radier, Thomas Morbieu, Christophe Simon Boisson, G. Rey, Razvan Dabu, Alain Pellegrina, G. Matras, C. Derycke, Sandrine Ricaud, Georgios Kolliopoulos, L. Boudjemaa, Petru Ghenuche, I. Dancus, Caroline Richard, Bertrand De Boisdeffre, Liviu Neagu, Andrei Gradinariu, Constantin Caldararu, and François Lureau
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Physics ,Extreme Light Infrastructure ,business.industry ,Parabolic reflector ,High irradiance ,Irradiance ,Laser ,Deformable mirror ,Power (physics) ,law.invention ,Optics ,law ,business ,Laser beams - Abstract
The demonstration of the first 10 PW pulses during March 2019 the High Power Laser System at ELI-NP together with extensive tests, provides now the possibility to evaluate the ultrahigh irradiance in reach.
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10. Erratum to: EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report – Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 229, 3675-4284 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8
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Arie Zigler, Manuel Kirchen, Ruggero Ricci, Javier Resta-López, Eléonore Roussel, Dario Giove, A. Ghaith, Arie Irman, Vladyslav Libov, J. M. Dias, Fabio Villa, Fabrizio Bisesto, Augusto Marcelli, Bruno Buonomo, Matteo Vannini, R. Pattathil, Wim Leemans, S. Jaster-Merz, Audrey Beluze, G. C. Bussolino, Anna Giribono, Riccardo Pompili, P. Lee, Farzad Jafarinia, A. Del Dotto, Alberto Marocchino, Oscar Jakobsson, J. Scifo, R. Fiorito, Mathieu Valléau, Constantin Haefner, T. L. Audet, T. Spinka, Ujjwal Sinha, P. Santangelo, Carsten Welsch, F. Mathieu, Z. Mazzotta, Barbara Marchetti, M. A. Pocsai, Lucia Sabbatini, L. Labate, Silvia Morante, S. Romeo, Alberto Bacci, T. Heinemann, Francesco Filippi, Angelo Biagioni, A. F. Habib, D. Ullmann, Axel Bernhard, M. Artioli, Craig W. Siders, Sergio Cantarella, Alessandro Gallo, D. Kocon, C. A. Lindstrøm, Ulrich Dorda, M. Croia, Sally Wiggins, E. N. Svystun, Gabriele Tauscher, Suming Weng, Francesco Iungo, F. Massimo, Malte C. Kaluza, A. Ghigo, P. A. Walker, Fernando Brandi, Vladimir Shpakov, Anke-Susanne Müller, Ricardo Fonseca, Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie, Luca Piersanti, D. Khikhlukha, Guoxing Xia, Olle Lundh, Brendan A. Reagan, Stuart Mangles, Y. Zhao, S. Vescovi, D. Alesini, Brigitte Cros, Sergey Mironov, Andreas Lehrach, Zulfikar Najmudin, Fabrice Marteau, Oliver Karger, Kevin Cassou, Tomonao Hosokai, Markus Büscher, Vittoria Petrillo, Thomas C. Galvin, Geetanjali Sharma, C. D. Murphy, R. Walczak, Paul Crump, G. Di Pirro, Min Chen, R. Torres, A. Aschikhin, Emily Sistrunk, G. Di Raddo, Lucas Schaper, L. O. Silva, Zheng-Ming Sheng, M. Del Franco, Guido Toci, G. Kirwan, Alessandro Cianchi, Florian Grüner, M. Yabashi, Chan Joshi, Andy J. Bayramian, Marco Diomede, J. L. Paillard, Simona Incremona, Giovanni Franzini, Adolfo Esposito, D. Di Giovenale, Agustin Lifschitz, F. Falcoz, Alessandro Vannozzi, Kristjan Poder, Bernhard Holzer, Nicolas Delerue, Serge Bielawski, Olena Kononenko, Alvin C. Erlandson, G. Korn, J. Cowley, R. Brinkmann, Imre Ferenc Barna, Gaetano Fiore, Luca Serafini, Dino A. Jaroszynski, C. Simon, Enrica Chiadroni, M. Rossetti Conti, Francesco Stellato, D. Pugacheva, M. Ibison, R. Rossmanith, A. Beck, Alexandra Alexandrova, Paul Mason, Jun Zhu, Andrew Sutherland, Gianluca Sarri, Yang Li, Fabien Briquez, R. D'Arcy, Charles Kitegi, Klaus Ertel, Claes-Göran Wahlström, M. Hübner, Leonida A. Gizzi, Tamina Akhter, D. R. Symes, Stefan Karsch, A. Nutter, P. Delinikolas, J. A. Clarke, Paul Scherkl, Antonio Falone, C. Le Blanc, P. Campana, A. Martinez de la Ossa, Jason Cole, Marco Bellaveglia, G. Costa, Maria Pia Anania, Massimo Ferrario, M. J. V. Streeter, Nikolay Andreev, Konstantin Kruchinin, Ke Wang, M. H. Bussmann, Grace Manahan, Gilles Maynard, Igor Andriyash, I. Kostyukov, Dimitris N. Papadopoulos, Wei Lu, Christophe Simon-Boisson, A. Mosnier, F. Brottier, Barbara Patrizi, Alessandro Stecchi, A. Ferran Pousa, Bernhard Hidding, S. De Nicola, J. Wolfenden, Federico Nguyen, A. Y. Molodozhentsev, D. Oumbarek Espinos, Simon M. Hooker, A. Helm, Paolo Tomassini, A. Chancé, Hao Zhang, Phu Anh Phi Nghiem, A. Welsch, L. Pribyl, Christophe Szwaj, Joana Luis Martins, Maria Weikum, Efim A. Khazanov, Giuseppe Dattoli, Jens Osterhoff, A. Bonatto, S. Bartocci, Petra Koester, L. Boulton, Carl Schroeder, Angelo Stella, E. Di Pasquale, Cristina Vaccarezza, Davide Terzani, Victor Malka, P. Niknejadi, Andrea Mostacci, A. Petralia, Ralph Assmann, Christoph Lechner, U. Rotundo, Olivier Marcouillé, F. Cioeta, T. Silva, Luigi Pellegrino, J. Fils, X. Li, Jorge Vieira, Andreas Maier, A. Specka, Alessandro Rossi, Alexander Knetsch, Renato Fedele, Ulrich Schramm, Erik Bründermann, Vladimir Litvinenko, Marco Galimberti, Masaki Kando, and A. Beaton
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Technology ,Applied physics ,Conceptual design ,Calculus ,General Physics and Astronomy ,General Materials Science ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,ddc:600 ,GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries) ,GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
Figure 20.1 was not correct in the published article. The original article has been corrected. The published apologizes for the inconvenience.
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11. Towards a CEP-Stable 10-mJ-Level Mid-IR OPCPA at 7 μm
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G. Matras, Kevin T. Zawilski, Ugaitz Elu, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Jens Biegert, T. Steinie, Peter G. Schunemann, and D. Sánchez
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010309 optics ,Physics ,Optics ,business.industry ,0103 physical sciences ,Bandwidth (signal processing) ,02 engineering and technology ,Photonics ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0210 nano-technology ,Molecular Fingerprint ,business ,01 natural sciences - Abstract
Mid-infrared milli-joule level table-top sources are known to be key enabling tool for the development of next level multi-kilo-electron-volt coherent X-ray sources [1] as well as the study of extreme photonics in the mid-infrared regime [2]. Moreover, due to the ultra-broadband bandwidth they cover an important range of live molecular fingerprint regions [3].
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- 2019
12. Ti:Sapphire Thin-Disk Laser with Plano-Convex-Shaped Single-Crystal Diamond Heat Spreaders
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Jan-Hinnerk Wolter, Andreas Voss, Marie Antier, Richard Balmer, S. Ricaud, Thomas Graf, Marwan Abdou Ahmed, and Christophe Simon-Boisson
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Materials science ,Active laser medium ,business.industry ,Single crystal diamond ,Bandwidth (signal processing) ,Regular polygon ,Laser oscillator ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Laser ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,010309 optics ,Thin disk ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Sapphire ,Optoelectronics ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
Titanium-doped sapphire (Ti:Al 2 O 3 ) is a gain medium with a very broad emission bandwidth allowing the generation and amplification of very short pulses (<
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- 2019
13. 10 PetaWatt Laser System for Extreme Light Physics
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Christophe Radier, François Lureau, I. Dancus, P. Calvet, L. Boudjemaa, Olivier Chalus, Christophe Simon-Boisson, C. Derycke, Sébastien Laux, G. Matras, S. Ricaud, Olivier Casagrande, and Daniel Ursescu
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Physics ,Optics ,business.industry ,law ,business ,Laser ,law.invention - Abstract
We report first 10 PW light from the ELI-NP laser. We have obtained at 1 shot/min pulses with 332 J energy before compression and 22.3 fs duration leading to a peak power of 10.9 PW.
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- 2019
14. Table-top high-energy 7 μm OPCPA and 260 mJ Ho:YLF pump laser
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Luke Maidment, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Peter G. Schunemann, D. Sánchez, Tobias Steinle, Jens Biegert, Kevin T. Zawilski, Uwe D. Zeitner, Ugaitz Elu, Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques [Castelldefels] (ICFO), BAE Systems, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering [Jena] (Fraunhofer IOF), Fraunhofer (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), Thalès Optronique, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Thales Optronique S.A. (TOSA), THALES, H2020 European Research Council (ERC) (788218, 840010), Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (H2020) (654148), European Project: 712590,H2020 FET Open 'Technologies futures et émergentes',829153,PETACom(2019), THALES [France], and Publica
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High energy ,Materials science ,FOS: Physical sciences ,02 engineering and technology ,Laser pumping ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,law.invention ,010309 optics ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Chirp ,[NLIN]Nonlinear Sciences [physics] ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,business.industry ,Amplifier ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Laser ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Condensed Matter - Other Condensed Matter ,Picosecond ,Harmonics ,[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic ,Optoelectronics ,Photonics ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Physics - Optics ,Optics (physics.optics) ,Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other) - Abstract
We present the state of the art of a compact high-energy mid-infrared laser system for TW-level 8-cycle pulses at 7 um. This system consists of an Er:Tm:Ho:fiber MOPA which serves as the seeder for a ZGP-based OPCPA chain in addition to a Ho:YLF amplifier which is Tm:fiber pumped. Featuring all-optical synchronization, the system delivers 260-mJ pump energy at 2052 nm, 16-ps duration at 100 Hz with a stability of 0.8 % rms over 20 min. We show that chirp inversion in the OPCPA chain leads to excellent energy extraction and aids in compression of the 7-um pulses to 8 optical cycles (188 fs) in bulk BaF2 with 93.5 % efficiency. Using 21.7 mJ of the available pump energy, we generate 0.75-mJ-energy pulses at 7 um due to increased efficiency with a chirp-inversion scheme. The pulse quality of the system's output is shown by generating high harmonics in ZnSe which span up to harmonic order 13 with excellent contrast. The combination of the passive carrier-envelope phase stable mid-infrared seed pulses and the high-energy 2052 nm picosecond pulses makes this compact system a key enabling tool for the next generation of studies on extreme photonics, strong field physics and table-top coherent X-ray science., Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures
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- 2019
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15. Highly Scalable Coherent Beam Combining of Femtosecond Fiber Chirped-Pulse Amplifiers
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Ihsan Fsaifes, Eric Durand, Anke Heilmann, Eric Lallier, Jérôme Bourderionnet, Marie Antier, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, Jérémy Le Dortz, Christian Larat, Severine Bellanger, Louis Daniault, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Arnaud Brignon, Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses (LULI), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-École polytechnique (X)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Thales Research and Technologies [Orsay] (TRT), THALES, Thales Research and Technology [Palaiseau], Thales LAS France, European Project: 654148,H2020,H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015,LASERLAB-EUROPE(2015), and THALES [France]
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[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics] ,Materials science ,business.industry ,(1407090) Ultrafast lasers ,Amplifier ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Power (physics) ,010309 optics ,020210 optoelectronics & photonics ,Optics ,Fiber Bragg grating ,0103 physical sciences ,Femtosecond ,Phase noise ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Physics::Accelerator Physics ,Fiber ,business ,Self-phase modulation ,(1403510) Lasers ,Beam (structure) ,OCIS codes: (1403298) Laser beam combining ,fiber - Abstract
International audience; We report on the coherent beam combining of seven fiber chirped-pulse amplifiers using a highly scalable architecture. A combining efficiency of 48% is obtained in linear regime, yielding 71 W pump-limited average power after compression, with a phase noise between two fibers as low as λ/38 RMS. The experiment is operated at high B-integral, with only little impact on the combining efficiency as well as on the temporal and spatial properties of the combined beam.
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- 2018
16. Ti:sapphire thin-disk laser symmetrically cooled by curved single crystal diamond heat spreaders
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S. Ricaud, Marie Antier, Marwan Abdou Ahmed, Thomas Graf, Jan-Hinnerk Wolter, Christophe Simon-Boisson, and Richard Balmer
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Materials science ,Active laser medium ,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,Single crystal diamond ,business.industry ,Laser ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,010309 optics ,Thin disk ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Sapphire ,Optoelectronics ,010306 general physics ,business ,Instrumentation ,Intensity (heat transfer) - Abstract
We report on the demonstration of a symmetrically cooled thin-disk laser concept using Ti:sapphire for the gain medium and plano-convex shaped single crystal diamond as intracavity heat spreaders. This allowed us to increase the absorbed pump intensity by at least a factor of five compared to a previously reported Ti:sapphire thin-disk oscillator.
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- 2019
17. Coherent beam combining of seven femtosecond chirped-pulse fiber amplifiers using an interferometric phase measurement technique
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Jérémy Le Dortz, Eric Lallier, Anke Heilmann, Marie Antier, Ihsan Fsaifes, Jérôme Bourderionnet, Arnaud Brignon, Eric Durand, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, Severine Bellanger, Christian Larat, Louis Daniault, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses (LULI), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Thales Research and Technologies [Orsay] (TRT), THALES [France], Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-École polytechnique (X)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Thales Optronique S.A. (TOSA), Thales Research and Technology [Palaiseau], CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU), OSA, European Project: 654148,H2020,H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015,LASERLAB-EUROPE(2015), and THALES
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[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics] ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Physics::Optics ,Pulse duration ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Pulse (physics) ,010309 optics ,Optics ,Fiber Bragg grating ,Fiber laser ,0103 physical sciences ,Femtosecond ,Fiber amplifier ,Chirp ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
International audience; We report on the coherent combination of seven fiber amplifiers in the femtosec-ond regime using an interferometric phase measurement technique. A combination efficiencyof 54 % and a compressed pulse length of 225 fs were achieved.
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- 2018
18. Symmetrically-Cooled Ti:sapphire Thin-Disk Laser Using Single-Crystal Diamond Heat Spreaders
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Sandrine Ricaud, Thomas Graf, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Richard Balmer, Marwan Abdou Ahmed, Jan-Hinnerk Wolter, Andreas Voss, and Marie Antier
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Materials science ,Thin disk ,business.industry ,law ,Single crystal diamond ,engineering ,Sapphire ,Optoelectronics ,Diamond ,engineering.material ,business ,Laser ,law.invention - Abstract
We report on a novel laser concept with symmetrical cooling of a Ti:sapphire thin-disk using transparent heat spreaders made out of large area single-crystal diamond. First results of laser operation are presented.
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- 2018
19. 260-mJ Ho:YLF pump for a 7-µm OPCPA
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G. Matras, Kevin T. Zawilski, Ugaitz Elu, D. Sánchez, Peter G. Schunemann, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Jens Biegert, T. Kanai, and O. Chalus
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Wavelength ,Materials science ,Optics ,Regenerative amplification ,business.industry ,Hard X-rays ,business - Abstract
We report on the generation of 260-mJ pulses at 2 µm wavelength from a Ho:YLF MOPA system for pumping a millijoule-class 7-µm OPCPA.
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- 2018
20. Conduction cooled compact laser for the supercam Libsraman instrument
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C. Derycke, Sylvestre Maurice, Benoit Faure, Christophe Simon-Boisson, L. Boudjemaa, R. Perez, Eric Durand, and L. Roucayrol
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Second-harmonic generation ,Mars Exploration Program ,Thermal conduction ,Laser ,law.invention ,Semiconductor laser theory ,symbols.namesake ,Optics ,law ,Harmonic ,symbols ,Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy ,business ,Raman spectroscopy - Abstract
A new conduction cooled compact laser for SuperCam LIBS-RAMAN instrument aboard Mars 2020 Rover is presented. An oscillator generates 30mJ at 1µm with a good spatial quality. A Second Harmonic Generator (SHG) at the oscillator output generates 15 mJ at 532 nm. A RTP electro-optical switch, between the oscillator and SHG, allows the operation mode selection (LIBS or RAMAN). Qualification model of this laser has been built and characterised. Environmental testing of this model is also reported.
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- 2017
21. Conduction cooled compact laser for the supercam LIBS-RAMAN instrument
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Lionel Roucayrol, C. Derycke, Sylvestre Maurice, R. Perez, L. Boudjemaa, Eric Durand, Benoit Faure, Olivier Casagrande, and Christophe Simon-Boisson
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Mars Exploration Program ,Thermal conduction ,Laser ,Spatial quality ,law.invention ,Generator (circuit theory) ,symbols.namesake ,Optics ,law ,Harmonic ,symbols ,Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy ,business ,Raman spectroscopy - Abstract
A new conduction cooled compact laser for SuperCam LIBS-RAMAN instrument aboard Mars 2020 Rover is presented. An oscillator generates 30mJ at 1µm with a good spatial quality. A Second Harmonic Generator (SHG) at the oscillator output generates 15 mJ at 532 nm. A RTP electro-optical switch, between the oscillator and SHG, allows the operation mode selection (LIBS or RAMAN). Qualification model of this laser has been built and characterised. Environmental testing of this model is also reported.
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- 2017
22. Towards Coherent Combination of 61 Fiber Amplifiers
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Marie Antier, Jérémy Le Dortz, Christian Larat, Eric Lallier, Louis Daniault, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Ihsan Fsaifes, Severine Bellanger, Arnaud Brignon, Jérôme Bourderionnet, Anke Heilmann, Jean-Christophe F. Chanteloup, Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses (LULI), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Thales Research and Technologies [Orsay] (TRT), THALES [France], Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-École polytechnique (X)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Thales Optronique S.A. (TOSA), Thales Research and Technology [Palaiseau], OSA, European Project: 654148,H2020,H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015,LASERLAB-EUROPE(2015), and THALES
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[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics] ,Materials science ,Interferometric phase ,business.industry ,Physics::Optics ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,010309 optics ,020210 optoelectronics & photonics ,Optics ,0103 physical sciences ,Femtosecond ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Fiber amplifier ,business - Abstract
International audience; We report the first coherent combination of seven fiber amplifiers in thefemtosecond regime using an interferometric phase measurement. Details of the setup will bepresented, as well as first results evaluating the combination efficiency.
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- 2017
23. Lasers de forte énergie et de forte puissance : vers les applications extrêmes
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Christophe Simon-Boisson
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Les lasers de tres forte energie et de tres forte puissance moyenne sont par leurs caracteristiques memes des lasers extremes utilises pour des applications extremes. A cote des enormes installations destinees a la production d’energie, de nombreux lasers « a taille humaine » existent aujourd’hui dans les laboratoires, tirant parti de plusieurs decouvertes fondamentales dans les technologies laser.
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- 2014
24. XCAN project : coherent beam combining of large number fibers in femtosecond regime (Conference Presentation)
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Jérémy Le Dortz, Eric Lallier, Marie Antier, Anke Heilmann, Jérôme Bourderionnet, Severine Bellanger, Ihsan Fsaifes, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, Arnaud Brignon, Louis Daniault, Christophe Simon-Boisson, and Christian Larat
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Engineering ,Optical fiber ,business.industry ,Phase (waves) ,Polarization-maintaining optical fiber ,Laser ,law.invention ,Optics ,Optical path ,Mode-locking ,law ,Reference beam ,Fiber laser ,business - Abstract
The XCAN project, which is a three years project and began in 2015, carried out by Thales and the Ecole Polytechnique aims at developing a laser system based on the coherent combination of laser beams produced through a network of amplifying optical fibers. This technique provides an attractive mean of reaching simultaneously the high peak and high average powers required for various industrial, scientific and defense applications. The architecture has to be compatible with very large number of fibers (1000-10000). The goal of XCAN is to overcome all the key scientific and technological barriers to the design and development of an experimental laser demonstrator. The coherent addition of multiple individual phased beams is aimed to provide tens of Gigawatt peak power at 50 kHz repetition rate. Coherent beam combining (CBC) of fiber amplifiers involves a master oscillator which is split into N fiber channels and then amplified through series of polarization maintaining fiber pre-amplifiers and amplifiers. In the so-called tiled aperture configuration, the N fibers are arranged in an array and collimated in the near field of the laser output. The N beamlets then interfere constructively in the far field, and give a bright central lobe. CBC techniques with active phase locking involve phase mismatch detection, calculation of the correction and phase compensation of each amplifier by means of phase modulators. Interferometric phase measurement has proven to be particularly well suited to phase-lock a very large number of fibers in continuous regime. A small fraction of the N beamlets is imaged onto a camera. The beamlets interfere separately with a reference beam. The phase mismatch of each beam is then calculated from the interferences’ position. In this presentation, we demonstrate the phase locking of 19 fibers in femtosecond pulse regime with this technique. In our first experiment, a master oscillator generates pulses of 300 fs (chirped at 200 ps). The beam is split into 19 passive channels. Prior to phase locking, the optical path differences are adjusted down to 10 μm with optical delay lines. Interferograms of the 19 fibers are recorded at 1 kHz with a camera. A dedicated algorithm is developed to measure both the phase and the delay between the fibers on a measurement path. The delay and phase shift are thus calculated collectively from a single image and piezo-electric fiber stretchers are controlled in order to ensure compensation of time-varying phase and delay variations. The residual phase shift error is below λ/60 rms. The coherent beam combining is obtained after propagation and compression. The combined pulse width is measured at 315fs. A second experiment was done to coherently combine two amplified channels of the XCAN demonstrator. A residual phase shift error of λ/30 rms was measured in this case.
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- 2016
25. Broadband 7 microns OPCPA pumped by a 2 microns picosecond Ho:YLF CPA system
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Jens Biegert, D. Sánchez, Heinar Hoogland, Michael Hemmer, Matthias Baudisch, Peter G. Schunemann, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Olivier Chalus, Vadim Smirnov, and Kevin T. Zawilski
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Physics ,business.industry ,Attosecond ,Pulse duration ,Laser ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,010309 optics ,Frequency comb ,Wavelength ,Optics ,law ,Extreme ultraviolet ,Picosecond ,0103 physical sciences ,High harmonic generation ,Optoelectronics ,010306 general physics ,business - Abstract
The development of coherent light sources with emission in the mid-IR is currently undergoing a remarkable revolution. The mid-IR spectral range has always been of tremendous interest, mainly to spectroscopists, due to the ability of mid-IR light to access rotational and vibrational resonances of molecules which give rise to superb sensitivity upon optical probing [1-3]. Previously, high energy resolution was achieved with narrowband lasers or parametric sources, but the advent of frequency comb sources has revolutionized spectroscopy by providing high energy resolution within the frequency comb structure of the spectrum and at the same time broadband coverage and short pulse duration [4-6]. Such carrier to envelope phase (CEP) controlled light waveforms, when achieved at ultrahigh intensity, give rise to extreme effects such as the generation of isolated attosecond pulses in the vacuum to extreme ultraviolet range (XUV) [7]. Motivated largely by the vast potential of attosecond science, the development of ultraintense few-cycle and CEP stable sources has intensified [8], and it was recognized that coherent soft X-ray radiation could be generated when driving high harmonic generation (HHG) with long wavelength sources [9-11]. Recently, based on this concept, the highest waveform controlled soft X-ray flux [12] and isolated attosecond pulse emission at 300 eV [13] was demonstrated via HHG from a 1850 nm, sub-2-cycle source [14]. Within strong field physics, long wavelength scaling may lead to further interesting physics such as the direct reshaping of the carrier field [15], scaling of quantum path dynamics [16], the breakdown of the dipole approximation [17] or direct laser acceleration [18]. The experimental development of long wavelength light sources therefore holds great promise in many fields of science and will lead to numerous applications beyond strong field physics and attosecond science. In this paper, we present the first mid-IR optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA) operating at a center wavelength of 7 μm with output parameters suitable already for strong-field experiments. It is also the first demonstration of an Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse Amplifier (OPCPA) using a 2 μm laser pump source which enables the use of non-oxide nonlinear crystals with typically limited transparency at 1 mm wavelength. This new OPCPA system is all-optically synchronized and generates 0.55 mJ energy, CEP stable optical pulses. The pulses are currently compressed to sub-8 optical cycles but support a sub-4 cycle pulse duration. The discrepancy in compression is due to uncompensated higher order phase from the grating compressor which will be addressed in the future.
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- 2016
26. High contrast broadband seeder for multi-PW laser system
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Sébastien Laux, François Lureau, Alain Pellegrina, C. Derycke, G. Matras, G. Rey, Olivier Chalus, L. Boudjemaa, A. Soujaeff, Olivier Casagrande, S. Ricaud, Christophe Radier, and Christophe Simon-Boisson
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High contrast ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Laser ,Seeder ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,010309 optics ,Optics ,Filter (video) ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Broadband ,010306 general physics ,business - Abstract
A hybrid Ti:Sa CPA/BBO OPCPA system with a XPW filter in between the two has been developed to produce a broadband high contrast seeder of 10 mJ for the two 10 PetaWatt beamlines of ELI NP infrastructure.
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- 2016
27. Latest results of 10 petawatt laser beamline for ELi nuclear physics infrastructure
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Alain Pellegrina, G. Matras, G. Rey, S. Ricaud, P. Jougla, Sébastien Laux, Olivier Chalus, P.A. Duvochelle, François Lureau, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Olivier Casagrande, S. Herriot, Christophe Radier, and M. Charbonneau
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Chirped pulse amplification ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Amplifier ,Ti:sapphire laser ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Laser ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,010309 optics ,Optics ,Beamline ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Ultrafast laser spectroscopy ,Optoelectronics ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Tunable laser - Abstract
A laser system made of two beams of 10 PW each has been designed and is currently built for ELI-NP research infrastructure. Design is presented as well as preliminary results up to the 1PW level amplifier.
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- 2016
28. µm, sub-8 cycle OPCPA pumped at 2 µm by Ho:YLF
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Peter G. Schunemann, Seth L. Cousin, Michael Hemmer, Olivier Chalus, Matthias Baudisch, Kevin T. Zawilski, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Jens Biegert, and D. Sánchez
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010309 optics ,Materials science ,Regenerative amplification ,business.industry ,0103 physical sciences ,High harmonic generation ,Optoelectronics ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,01 natural sciences ,Ultrashort pulse - Abstract
We present the first ultrafast and all-fiber pumped OPCPA operating at 7 μm and generating 0.55 mJ pulses at 180 fs (7.7 optical cycles).
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- 2016
29. 7 μm, ultrafast, sub-millijoule-level mid-infrared optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier pumped at 2 μm
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Michael Hemmer, Jens Biegert, Olivier Chalus, Christophe Simon-Boisson, D. Sánchez, Matthias Baudisch, Kevin T. Zawilski, Seth L. Cousin, and Peter G. Schunemann
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Materials science ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,010309 optics ,Frequency comb ,Optics ,0103 physical sciences ,High harmonic generation ,ddc:530 ,Ultrafast lasers ,Optical amplifier ,business.industry ,Amplifier ,Ponderomotive force ,Infrared and far-infrared lasers ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Optical parametric amplifier ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Regenerative amplification ,Parametric oscillators and amplifiers ,Optoelectronics ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Ultrashort pulse - Abstract
We present a novel all-fiber pumped optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA) architecture to generate self-carrier-to-envelope-phase stable, sub-eight-optical-cycle duration pulses at 7 μm wavelength approaching millijoulelevel pulse energy at 100 Hz repetition rate. The system yields a peak power of 1.1 GW and, if focused to the diffraction limit, would reach a peak intensity of 7 × 1014 W∕cm2. The OPCPA is pumped by a 2 μm Ho:YLF chirped pulse amplifier to leverage the highly efficient and broadband response of the nonlinear crystal ZGP. The 7 μm seed at 100 MHz is generated via difference frequency generation from an Er:Tm:Ho multi-arm fiber frequency comb, and a fraction of its output optically injects the Ho:YLF amplifier. While the pulse bandwidth at 7 μm is perfectly suited for nonlinear and spectroscopic applications, current parameters offer, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, the possibility to explore strong-field physics in an entirely new wavelength range with a ponderomotive force 77 times larger than from an 800 nm source. The overall OPCPA system is very compact and provides a new tool for investigations directly in the molecular fingerprint region of the electro-magnetic spectrum or to drive high harmonic generation to produce fully coherent x-rays in the multi-kiloelectron-volt range and possibly zeptosecond temporal waveforms.
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- 2016
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30. XCAN — A coherent amplification network of femtosecond fiber chirped-pulse amplifiers
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Gerard Mourou, Christian Larat, Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, M. Antier-Murgey, Eric Lallier, Louis Daniault, Arnaud Brignon, Jérôme Bourderionnet, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Severine Bellanger, J. Le Dortz, Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses (LULI), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-École polytechnique (X)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Thales Research and Technologies [Orsay] (TRT), THALES, Thales Research and Technology [Palaiseau], Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Hertzienne de l'ENS (LSH-ENS), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Thales Optronique S.A. (TOSA), International center for Zetta-Exawtt Science and Technology (IZEST), Thalès Optronique, Thalès Optronique-Thalès Optronique-DAM Île-de-France (DAM/DIF), Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-École polytechnique (X)-FX conseil (FX conseil), THALES [France], and École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL)
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Optical fiber ,General Physics and Astronomy ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,law.invention ,010309 optics ,Optics ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,General Materials Science ,Fiber ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Laser beams ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Physics ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics] ,business.industry ,Pulse amplifiers ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Laser ,Power (physics) ,Scalability ,Femtosecond ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
The XCAN collaboration program between the Ecole Polytechnique and Thales aims at developing a laser system based on the coherent combination of several tens of laser beams produced through a network of amplifying optical fibers [1]. As a first step this project aspires to demonstrate the scalability of a combining architecture in the femtosecond regime providing high peak power with high repetition rate and high efficiency. The initial system will include 61 individual phased beams aimed to provide 10 mJ, 350 fs pulses at 50 kHz.
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- 2015
31. High energy pump laser for Multi-Petawatts laser
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François Lureau, A. Soujaeff, L. Boudjemaa, Sébastien Laux, Olivier Casagrande, C. Derycke, Christophe Simon-Boisson, and P. Ramos
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Chirped pulse amplification ,High energy ,Materials science ,business.industry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,High energy laser ,Laser pumping ,Laser ,Neodymium ,law.invention ,Optical pumping ,Optics ,chemistry ,law ,business ,Laser beams - Abstract
ATLAS 100, a compact high energy laser delivering more than 100 joules at the repetition rate of 1 shot per minute has been developed for the two 10 PetaWatt beamlines of ELI NP infrastructure.
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- 2015
32. High energy mid-IR OPCPA at 7 µm with 2 µm pump
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Michael Hemmer, Jens Biegert, Ronald Holzwarth, K. Zawilski, Matthias Baudisch, Peter G. Schunemann, Olivier Chalus, D. Sánchez, Heinar Hoogland, and Christophe Simon-Boisson
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High energy ,Materials science ,Optics ,High power lasers ,Regenerative amplification ,business.industry ,Picosecond ,Optoelectronics ,Nonlinear optics ,business ,Ultrashort pulse ,Phase matching - Abstract
A novel class of high energy ultrafast OPCPA system at 7 μm, pumped by an optically synchronized and Tm:fiber pumped 2 μm picosecond Ho:YLF CPA system, delivers mJ-level pulses supporting a sub-4 optical cycle duration.
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- 2015
33. High Contrast Broadband Seeder for Multi-PW Laser System
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D. Sánchez, Jens Biegert, Alain Pellegrina, C. Derycke, Olivier Casagrande, Olivier Chalus, Jan Ahrens, Sébastien Laux, Oliver Prochnow, T. Binhammer, François Lureau, L. Boudjemaa, Christophe Simon-Boisson, and Stefan Rausch
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High contrast ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Laser ,Seeder ,law.invention ,Optical pumping ,Optics ,Regenerative amplification ,Fiber Bragg grating ,law ,Broadband ,Optoelectronics ,Broadband amplifiers ,business - Abstract
A hybrid Ti:Sa CPA/BBO OPCPA system with a XPW filter inbetween the two has been developed to produce a broadband high contrast seeder of 10 mJ for the two 10 PetaWatt beamlines of ELI NP infrastructure.
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- 2015
34. Advances in industrial grade TiSa PetaWatt lasers for accelerators
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G. Matras, Sébastien Laux, Christophe Radier, Olivier Chalus, Olivier Casagrande, François Lureau, Christophe Simon-Boisson, and L. Boudjemaa
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Chirped pulse amplification ,Optics ,Materials science ,High power lasers ,business.industry ,law ,Sapphire ,Ti:sapphire laser ,business ,Laser ,Laser beams ,law.invention - Abstract
We review the recent results achieved on industrial grade Titanium Sapphire PetaWatt lasers demonstrating clear improvements. Key enabling technologies are presented. Perspectives towards higher peak power of 10 PW are discussed.
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- 2014
35. First Operation above Petawatt with Sub-25
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Constantin Grigoriu, Dan G. Sporea, François Lureau, G. Matras, L. Boudjemaa, Christophe Radier, Liviu Neagu, Frederic Caradec, Constantin G. Fenic, Florin Jipa, Sébastien Laux, Olivier Casagrande, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Razvan Dabu, Olivier Chalus, and I. Dancus
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Chirped pulse amplification ,Optics ,Materials science ,business.industry ,law ,Sapphire ,Optoelectronics ,Spontaneous emission ,business ,Laser ,Pulse-width modulation ,A titanium ,law.invention - Abstract
We describe a Titanium:Sapphire based PetaWatt laser delivering pulses of peak power reaching 1.1 PetaWatt with an unprecedented pulse width as low as 24.2 fs at a repetition rate of 0.1 Hz
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- 2014
36. Femtosecond coherent beam combining of seven fiber amplifiers in tiled-aperture configuration
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Jean Christophe CHANTELOUP, Jérémy Le Dortz, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Eric Durand, Anke Heilmann, Marie Antier, Jérôme Bourderionnet, Christian Larat, Ihsan Fsaifes, Louis Daniault, Séverine Bellanger, Eric Lallier, Arnaud Brignon, chanteloup, jean-christophe, Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses (LULI), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-École polytechnique (X)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Thales Research and Technologies [Orsay] (TRT), THALES, Thales LAS France, Thales Research and Technology [Palaiseau], and THALES [France]
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[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics] ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics] ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
International audience
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- 2014
37. Assessment of laser cleaning rate on limestones and sandstones
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Geneviève Orial, Philippe Bromblet, Martin Labouré, Günter Wiedemann, Christophe Simon-Boisson, and Publica
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Archeology ,Engineering ,business.industry ,Materials Science (miscellaneous) ,Dirt ,Conservation ,Laser ,Fluence ,law.invention ,Particle emission ,Mining engineering ,Chemistry (miscellaneous) ,law ,business ,Process engineering ,General Economics, Econometrics and Finance ,Spectroscopy - Abstract
Within the framework of a European project, three cleaning laser devices are tested to evaluate the influence of different parameters on stone cleaning rate and efficiency. The project objective is to design a large surface-cleaning laser. One of the devices is a prototype with some technological improvements compared to the lasers used today for restoration. The tests are performed on limestone and sandstone covered with various dirt layers. The influence of fluence, water spraying, spot area, frequency, as well as particle emission rate is investigated. Results allow a comparison of the importance of each parameter and confirm the increase in cleaning speed of the new prototype. Nevertheless, it can be concluded that an automatic device will be suitable to attain a cleaning speed competitive with other traditional cleaning techniques.
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- 2000
38. High repetition rate PetaWatt Titanium Sapphire laser system for laser plasma acceleration
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Frederic Caradec, Olivier Casagrande, François Lureau, P. Jougla, C. Derycke, Christophe Simon-Boisson, G. Brousse, Olivier Chalus, Sébastien Laux, and Christophe Radier
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Chirped pulse amplification ,Distributed feedback laser ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Far-infrared laser ,Physics::Optics ,Plasma acceleration ,Laser ,law.invention ,Particle acceleration ,X-ray laser ,Optics ,law ,Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters ,Optoelectronics ,Physics::Atomic Physics ,Laser power scaling ,business - Abstract
Ultra high intensity laser pulses are required by researchers for a growing number of applications such as laser-based particle acceleration for generation of ultrafast energetic electrons [1], laser based ion acceleration and attosecond light pulse generation.
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- 2013
39. First sub-25fs PetaWatt laser system
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C. Grigoriu, I. Dancus, Olivier Casagrande, Sébastien Laux, Frederic Caradec, D. Sporea, Christophe Radier, Razvan Dabu, L. Boudjemaa, Florin Jipa, G. Matras, Olivier Chalus, Christophe Simon-Boisson, François Lureau, Constantin G. Fenic, and Liviu Neagu
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Chirped pulse amplification ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Pulse duration ,Laser ,law.invention ,X-ray laser ,Optics ,law ,Ultrafast laser spectroscopy ,Sapphire ,Optoelectronics ,Spontaneous emission ,Laser power scaling ,business ,Pulse-width modulation - Abstract
We describe the design and performance of a PW laser based on Ti:Sa operating at an unprecedented pulse width of 23.7 fs at a repetition rate of 0.1 Hz. Energy and pulse duration measurements demonstrate a potential peak power of 1.12 PW
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- 2013
40. Suppression of parasitic lasing in high energy, high repetition rate Ti:sapphire laser amplifiers
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Sébastien Laux, Christophe Radier, Emilie Pourtal, François Lureau, Frederic Caradec, Olivier Casagrande, Olivier Chalus, Françoise Soyer, Pierre Lebarny, and Christophe Simon-Boisson
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Amplified spontaneous emission ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Amplifier ,Ti:sapphire laser ,Physics::Optics ,Laser ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,law.invention ,Full width at half maximum ,Optics ,law ,Sapphire ,Optoelectronics ,business ,Lasing threshold ,Refractive index - Abstract
Transverse parasitic lasing is well known for limiting the signal gain and the pulse energy that can be extracted from Ti:sapphire petawatt amplifiers. We have developed a technique for suppressing these parasitic lasing modes based on perfect refractive index-matching liquid doped with a broad-bandwidth absorber to suppress the transverse lasing while ensuring proper heat removal from the Ti:sapphire crystal. The 800 nm laser output with a bandwidth of 41 nm (FWHM) and peak energy of 22.7 J at a repetition rate of 1 Hz is demonstrated.
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- 2012
41. High-energy 1 Hz titanium sapphire amplifier for PetaWatt class lasers
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Frederic Caradec, Sébastien Laux, François Lureau, Olivier Casagrande, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Olivier Chalus, and Christophe Radier
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Amplifier ,Ti:sapphire laser ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Laser ,law.invention ,Full width at half maximum ,Optics ,chemistry ,law ,Spectral width ,Sapphire ,Optoelectronics ,business ,Tunable laser ,Titanium - Abstract
We have obtained 23 J uncompressed laser pulses at a repetition rate of 1 Hz with a spectral width of 41 nm FWHM which could produce 600 TW if compressed ; this is the highest energy obtained to date from a Titanium Sapphire amplifier working at a such repetition rate. This amplifier is part of a 1.3 PW laser system under construction by Thales Optronique for the BELLA project of LBNL aiming laser wakefield acceleration of electrons up to 10 GeV.
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- 2012
42. High repetition rate PetaWatt level Titanium Sapphire laser system for laser wakefield acceleration
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Olivier Chalus, Sébastien Laux, Christophe Radier, Olivier Casagrande, Christophe Simon-Boisson, François Lureau, and Frederic Caradec
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Chirped pulse amplification ,Distributed feedback laser ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Far-infrared laser ,Ti:sapphire laser ,Laser pumping ,Laser ,law.invention ,X-ray laser ,Optics ,law ,Optoelectronics ,Laser power scaling ,business - Abstract
We describe design and performance of a PetaWatt laser based on Titanium Sapphire and working at an unprecedented repetition rate of 1 Hz. Preliminary results indicate an energy of 22 J before the final amplifier.
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- 2012
43. 1Hz PetaWatt Class Laser for Laser Driven Wakefield Acceleration
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Olivier Casagrande, Frederic Caradec, Sébastien Laux, François Lureau, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Olivier Chalus, and Christophe Radier
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Physics ,Chirped pulse amplification ,business.industry ,Amplifier ,Laser ,law.invention ,Acceleration ,Optics ,law ,Sapphire ,Optoelectronics ,Laser power scaling ,business ,Lasing threshold ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
We present a two stages Ti:Sapphire amplifier system running at 1Hz reaching up to 65J supporting sub-30fs pulses. Extreme care have been taken on the beam profile quality as well as preventing transverse lasing.
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- 2012
44. Noise performances of a high-power picosecond Nd:YVO 4 oscillator
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Stéphane Petit, Philippe Balcou, S. Montant, Marie-Christine Nadeau, and Christophe Simon-Boisson
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Physics ,Vackář oscillator ,Voltage-controlled oscillator ,Optics ,Noise generator ,business.industry ,Phase noise ,Physics::Optics ,Flicker noise ,Parametric oscillator ,Variable-frequency oscillator ,business ,Noise (radio) - Abstract
We report on an experimental investigation of the noise properties of an free-running, high-power, picosecond Nd:YVO 4 oscillator pumped by a 100 W laser diode. The amplitude noise has been measured with a photodiode and an electronic spectrum analyser, and then compared with other mode-locked oscillator's noise spectrum. We show that in terms of noise properties, our powerful oscillator is comparable with low-power oscillators such like low-noise Ti:Sapphire oscillators. We also show that the frequency doubling does not affect the amplitude noise of the oscillator. High power diode pumping is then not an issue to get low-noise high-power oscillators.
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- 2011
45. Spatio-Temporal Chirped Amplification for avoiding spectral modifications in ultra-short Petawatt lasers Pulse
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Fabio Giambruno, Christophe Radier, Gilles Chériaux, Vincent Moro, and Christophe Simon-Boisson
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Chirped pulse amplification ,Physics ,High energy ,business.industry ,Amplifier ,Bandwidth (signal processing) ,Laser ,law.invention ,Optics ,Regenerative amplification ,law ,Optoelectronics ,Laser amplifiers ,business ,Bandwidth-limited pulse - Abstract
Amplification of large bandwidth pulses in a spatio-temporal configuration is demonstrated at 28 mJ for avoiding spectral shifting in high energy power amplifiers in CPA laser chain. Application to hundreds joules pulses will be discussed.
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- 2011
46. Picosecond pulses of variable duration from a high-power passively mode-locked Nd:YVO(4) laser free of spatial hole burning
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Sébastien Montant, Romain Czarny, Philippe Balcou, M.C. Nadeau, Stéphane Petit, and Christophe Simon-Boisson
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Materials science ,Time Factors ,business.industry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Output coupler ,Lasers, Solid-State ,Laser ,Electromagnetic radiation ,Neodymium ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,law.invention ,Power (physics) ,Pulse (physics) ,Optics ,Mode-locking ,chemistry ,law ,Picosecond ,Optoelectronics ,business ,Electrodes - Abstract
We report on a high-power passively mode-locked TEM(00)Nd:YVO(4) oscillator, 888 nm diode-pumped, with pulse durations adjustable between 46 ps and 12 ps. The duration tunability was obtained by varying the output coupler (OC) transmission while avoiding resorting to spatial hole burning (SHB) for pulse shortening. At a repetition rate of 91 MHz and for an output power ranging from 15 Wto45 W, we produced SHB-free 12-ps-to32-ps-long pulses. Within this range of power, these are the shortest pulse durations obtained directly from Nd:YVO(4) oscillators.
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- 2010
47. High-power passively mode-locked Nd:YVO 4 oscillator with adjustable pulse duration between 46 ps and 12 ps
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S. Petit, Romain Czarny, S. Montant, Marie-Christine Nadeau, Christophe Simon-Boisson, and Philippe Balcou
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Femtosecond pulse shaping ,Materials science ,Laser diode ,business.industry ,Pulse duration ,Output coupler ,Semiconductor laser theory ,Pulse (physics) ,law.invention ,Optics ,Mode-locking ,law ,Optoelectronics ,M squared ,business - Abstract
We report on a high-power, passively mode-locked, TEM 00 Nd:YVO 4 oscillator with adjustable pulse duration between 46 and 12ps. The laser is end-pumped by an 888nm laser diode and mode-locking is achieved with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). The laser has a repetition rate of 91MHz and the M 2 beam quality factor is better than 1.2 at 15ps. At the optimum output coupler, it provides a maximum average output power of 45W with 32ps pulse duration. In literature, the presence of spatial hole burning (SHB) often helps to shorten the pulse length down to few picoseconds. However, SHB might be an issue for some specific application requiring e.g. low noise picosecond oscillators. In this contribution, we demonstrate that it is possible to shorten the pulse duration by lowering the intracavity losses without SHB. Pulse tunability from 46 to 12ps is achieved by changing the output coupler of the cavity while staying in the continuous-wave mode-locked regime. Pulse duration is almost linear with the output coupler transmission and increases from 12 to 32ps with average output power ranging from 15 to 45W. In this range of output power, we demonstrate the shortest pulses directly from a Nd:YVO 4 oscillator.
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- 2010
48. 32 ps-45 W to 12 ps-15 W Spatial-Hole-Burning-Free Nd:YVO4 Oscillator
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Sébastien Montant, Philippe Balcou, Stéphane Petit, Romain Czarny, M.C. Nadeau, and Christophe Simon-Boisson
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Materials science ,Optics ,High power lasers ,chemistry ,Mode-locking ,business.industry ,Laser mode locking ,Optoelectronics ,chemistry.chemical_element ,business ,Neodymium ,Power (physics) ,Pulse (physics) - Abstract
We report on a high-average-power 888nm diode-pumped passively mode-locked TEM 00 Nd∶YVO 4 oscillator with adjustable pulse durations. From 45 to 15W output power, we produced corresponding 32 to 12ps long pulses without spatial hole burning.
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- 2010
49. 21 W, 18 ps, passively mode-locked Nd:YAG oscillator with a single side-pumped laser head
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R. Czarny, M.C. Nadeau, Philippe Balcou, Stéphane Petit, Christophe Simon-Boisson, and Sébastien Montant
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Physics ,business.industry ,Thomson scattering ,Amplifier ,Laser ,Round-trip gain ,Self-pulsation ,Semiconductor laser theory ,law.invention ,Optical pumping ,Optics ,Mode-locking ,law ,Optoelectronics ,business - Abstract
Compact X-rays sources raise a great enthusiasm in life sciences for applications such as protein crystallography, medical imaging or radiotherapy. Such X-rays can be produced by Thomson scattering of photons coming from a laser source colliding with electrons. However, Thomson scattering is very inefficient. Real-world life science on-site applications requiring high X-rays flux, a scheme based on a mode-locked picosecond laser injected in a Fabry-Perot cavity combined with an electron storage ring has been explored [1]. This technology can be pushed-up with a powerful high repetition-rate mode-locked laser injected in a high finesse cavity enabling to reach the intracavity average power up to few hundreds of kW required by the medical applications. The design of the laser system can then be based either on a low power oscillator combined with a relatively sophisticated high gain amplifier, or on a powerful oscillator seeding a low gain amplifier. However, a powerful single oscillator delivering a few tens of Watts average power with 15–20 ps pulses coupled with a 1000 gain Fabry-Perot cavity would be sufficient as a demonstrator for imaging application. Therefore, in this contribution, we propose a design for a 20W-sub-20 ps class mode-locked Nd:YAG oscillator.
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- 2009
50. Compact 300-W diode-pumped oscillator with 500 kW pulse peak power and external frequency doubling
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L. Boudjemaa, Eric Lallier, Jérôme Bourderionnet, Arnaud Brignon, Christophe Simon-Boisson, and O. Mehl
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Optical amplifier ,Materials science ,business.industry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Laser ,Q-switching ,Neodymium ,Pulse (physics) ,law.invention ,Resonator ,Optics ,chemistry ,law ,Fiber laser ,Optoelectronics ,business ,Diode - Abstract
Summary form only given. Q-switched solid-state oscillators are attractive due to their compactness, stability and high efficiency. High average power frequency conversion of these systems is commonly performed intracavity. Owing to pulse peak powers up to 500 kW the developed system is suitable for external high average power frequency doubling. We present the Nd:YAG laser rod resonator design, and show CW and Q-switching operation. External frequency doubling is achieved using a Type II flux grown KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystal.
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- 2001
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