Characterization and performance of the Apollon main short-pulse laser beam following its commissioning at 2 PW level
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| author | Yao, Weipeng Lelièvre, Ronan Cohen, Itamar Waltenspiel, Tessa Allaoua, Amokrane Antici, Patrizio Ayoul, Yohan Beck, Arie Beluze, Audrey Blancard, Christophe Cavanna, Daniel Chabanis, Mélanie Chen, Sophia N. Cohen, Erez Ducasse, Quentin Dumergue, Mathieu Hai, Fouad El Evrard, Christophe Filippov, Evgeny Freneaux, Antoine Gautier, Donald Cort Gobert, Fabrice Goupille, Franck Grech, Michael Gremillet, Laurent Heller, Yoav d'Humières, Emmanuel Lahmar, Hanna Lancia, Livia Lebas, Nathalie Lecherbourg, Ludovic Marchand, Stéphane Mataja, Damien Meyniel, Gabriel Michaeli, David Papadopoulos, Dimitris Perez, Frédéric Pikuz, Sergy Pomerantz, Ishay Renaudin, Patrick Romagnani, Lorenzo Trompier, François Veuillot, Edouard Vinchon, Thibaut Mathieu, François Fuchs, Julien |
| author_facet | Yao, Weipeng Lelièvre, Ronan Cohen, Itamar Waltenspiel, Tessa Allaoua, Amokrane Antici, Patrizio Ayoul, Yohan Beck, Arie Beluze, Audrey Blancard, Christophe Cavanna, Daniel Chabanis, Mélanie Chen, Sophia N. Cohen, Erez Ducasse, Quentin Dumergue, Mathieu Hai, Fouad El Evrard, Christophe Filippov, Evgeny Freneaux, Antoine Gautier, Donald Cort Gobert, Fabrice Goupille, Franck Grech, Michael Gremillet, Laurent Heller, Yoav d'Humières, Emmanuel Lahmar, Hanna Lancia, Livia Lebas, Nathalie Lecherbourg, Ludovic Marchand, Stéphane Mataja, Damien Meyniel, Gabriel Michaeli, David Papadopoulos, Dimitris Perez, Frédéric Pikuz, Sergy Pomerantz, Ishay Renaudin, Patrick Romagnani, Lorenzo Trompier, François Veuillot, Edouard Vinchon, Thibaut Mathieu, François Fuchs, Julien |
| contents | We present the results of the second commissioning phase of the short-focal-length area of the Apollon laser facility (located in Saclay, France), which was performed with the main laser beam (F1), scaled to a peak power of 2 PetaWatt. Under the conditions that were tested, this beam delivered on-target pulses of maximum energy up to 45 J and 22 fs duration. Several diagnostics were fielded to assess the performance of the facility. The on-target focal spot and its spatial stability, as well as the secondary sources produced when irradiating solid targets, have all been characterized, with the goal of helping users design future experiments. The laser-target interaction was characterized, as well as emissions of energetic ions, X-ray and neutrons recorded, all showing good laser-to-target coupling efficiency. Moreover, we demonstrated the simultaneous fielding of F1 with the auxiliary 0.5 PW F2 beam of Apollon, enabling dual beam operation. The present commissioning will be followed in 2025 by a further commissioning stage of F1 at the 8 PW level, en route to the final 10 PW goal. |
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| spellingShingle | Characterization and performance of the Apollon main short-pulse laser beam following its commissioning at 2 PW level Yao, Weipeng Lelièvre, Ronan Cohen, Itamar Waltenspiel, Tessa Allaoua, Amokrane Antici, Patrizio Ayoul, Yohan Beck, Arie Beluze, Audrey Blancard, Christophe Cavanna, Daniel Chabanis, Mélanie Chen, Sophia N. Cohen, Erez Ducasse, Quentin Dumergue, Mathieu Hai, Fouad El Evrard, Christophe Filippov, Evgeny Freneaux, Antoine Gautier, Donald Cort Gobert, Fabrice Goupille, Franck Grech, Michael Gremillet, Laurent Heller, Yoav d'Humières, Emmanuel Lahmar, Hanna Lancia, Livia Lebas, Nathalie Lecherbourg, Ludovic Marchand, Stéphane Mataja, Damien Meyniel, Gabriel Michaeli, David Papadopoulos, Dimitris Perez, Frédéric Pikuz, Sergy Pomerantz, Ishay Renaudin, Patrick Romagnani, Lorenzo Trompier, François Veuillot, Edouard Vinchon, Thibaut Mathieu, François Fuchs, Julien Plasma Physics We present the results of the second commissioning phase of the short-focal-length area of the Apollon laser facility (located in Saclay, France), which was performed with the main laser beam (F1), scaled to a peak power of 2 PetaWatt. Under the conditions that were tested, this beam delivered on-target pulses of maximum energy up to 45 J and 22 fs duration. Several diagnostics were fielded to assess the performance of the facility. The on-target focal spot and its spatial stability, as well as the secondary sources produced when irradiating solid targets, have all been characterized, with the goal of helping users design future experiments. The laser-target interaction was characterized, as well as emissions of energetic ions, X-ray and neutrons recorded, all showing good laser-to-target coupling efficiency. Moreover, we demonstrated the simultaneous fielding of F1 with the auxiliary 0.5 PW F2 beam of Apollon, enabling dual beam operation. The present commissioning will be followed in 2025 by a further commissioning stage of F1 at the 8 PW level, en route to the final 10 PW goal. |
| title | Characterization and performance of the Apollon main short-pulse laser beam following its commissioning at 2 PW level |
| topic | Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09267 |