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Design update and recent results of the Apollon 10 PW facility

2017; SPIE; Volume: 10238; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1117/12.2265182

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Bruno Le Garrec, Dimitris N. Papadopoulos, C. Le Blanc, J.P. Zou, G. Chériaux, Patrick Georges, F. Druon, Luc Martin, L. Fréneaux, A. Beluze, N. Lebas, Fabrice Mathieu, P. Audebert,

Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics

In this paper we are giving a summary of the Apollon 10 PW facility laser design together with updated laser performance. The Apollon facility is currently under construction in France. The APOLLON laser system is a laser designed for delivering pulses as short as 15 fs (10 -15 s) with an energy exceeding 150 Joules on target. The peak power delivered by this laser system will be 10 Petawatts (10 16 W). The Apollon laser system will be delivering 4 beams: one 10 PW beam (F1 beam 400 mm diameter), one 1 PW beam (F2 beam 140 mm diameter) and two additional probe beams (F3 and F4) at a repetition rate of 1 shot per minute. The laser system is based on Ti-sapphire amplifiers pumped by frequency doubled solid-state lasers. The repetition rate of the high energy part will be 1 shot per minute. The main beam at the output of the last amplifier will be split and dispatched to two experimental areas. The main laser beam is delivering 30 J before compression at a repetition rate of 1 shot per minute and we are currently increasing to get 100J.