1. Short focal length target area: X-ray & ion sources and applications
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CILEX – APOLLON Project
Short focal length target area: X-ray & ion sources and applications

2. who is dedicated to address physics at unexplored power densities
A project by "laser and plasma labs" on Plateau de Saclay
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The goal is to develop new instruments in the interdisciplinary centre CILEX
who is dedicated to address physics at unexplored power densities
CEA-Saclay
Université Paris Sud
Soleil
Orme des Merisiers
1km
Ecole
Polytechnique
ENSTA
Institut d'Optique
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3. Long focal area (electrons, X)
CILEX set up
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Cilex-apollon
Long focal area (electrons, X)
Apollon 10 P
Laser
UHI100
Laserix Exp
UHI
100
Exp
LASERIX
Short focal area
(ions, X)
North
Cilex-Phac

4. Reliability and stability
Laser parameters of the 4 beams to reach these scientific goals
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Multi beams
To perform pump probe experiment and multi stage laser acceleration
High repetition rate
To adjust laser and experiment parameters
To have enough statistics
High contrast
To be able to interact with the solid without pre-formed plasma
Reliability and stability

5. Laser parameters of the 4 beams to reach these scientific goals
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Energy & Pulse length
F1: 150 J max, 15 fs – 5 ps, 400 mm dia.
F2: 15 J, 15 – 200 fs, 140 mm dia.
F3: Long Pulse: 200 J, 1 ns
F4: Probe: 0.25 J, < 20 fs, 100 mm dia.
Contrast of the short pulse with the plasma mirrors
Pre-pulse/Pedestal: 1 x 1012
Polarization: s-polarized, p-polarized, and circularly polarized
Pointing Stability: ± 1/5 focal spot diameter
Spectral bandwidth: 720 – 920nm
Central wavelength: 820nm

6. short focal-length area
APOLLON: laser bay and 2 experimental areas
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long focal-length area
short focal-length area
laser bay
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7. Catherine Le Blanc (LULI)
Apollon 10P laser
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Patrick Georges
(LCFIO)
Gilles Chériaux
(LOA)
Gabriel Mennerat
(IRAMIS CEA)
Catherine Le Blanc (LULI)
Jean Luc Paillard
(LULI)
F1:
15fs
@820nm
Amplification
section
1 nm
320 J
1 shot/mn
Front End nm
100 mJ Hz
BW for10fs
Compressor
15fs
@820nm
175 J
Pump lasers
@532 nm
Diagnostics
Experimental
chamber
Transport
focusing
Control command
Beam
Splitting
expansion
And
wavefront
correction
Secondary
Beams:
F2, F3, F4
150 J
1 shot/mn

8. The power amplifier section :Optical lay-out
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5 multi-pass amplifiers based on TiSa crystals
Each multipass amplifier output is relay imaged at the output of the next amplifier
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9. The CNE 400 pump laser (Continuum –National Energetics)
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800 J to -1shot/mn
More than nm
on 2 beams : 1shot/mn up to 0.1Hz
Compact system : 6 m long
Upgradable to J
When using LBO SHG crystals
On 4 smaller beams
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10. Beam separation and Beam expansion before the compressor
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15 fs
25-50 fs
Deformable mirror
And Tip Tilt
Amplifiers output
(φ 140mm)
Beam expander
(φ 400mm)
Spatial filter
Polarisation rotation mirrors

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Plasma mirrors
Switch out for circular polarization
Beam Diagnostics
F1 compressor
F2 compressor

12. Experimental chamber Side View Top View
1.2 meter tall
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Top View
2.4 meter diameter chamber
Main Short pulse beam
2nd short pulse beam
I~2 x 1022 W/cm2 with SR=0.5 and 4.6 mm FWHM spot
Imax=SR*8,3e22*E/FWHM(t)/FWHM(r)²
F/2.5 parabola for F1
F/3 for F2

13. A catwalk will allow using the space beneath for vacuum equipment & target insertion
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Example from LULI2000 chamber design
~2.5 m

14. Short focal length target area
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Moveable F2 short pulse beam: 300° around TCC F2 F1 F1
Fixed F/3 parabola for F1 beam

15. Plans to reach the highest intensity
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1 x 1023 W/cm2 using an f/1 OAP
BUT
high damage probability
high sensitivity to misalignment
needs a very good wavefront
3.5 x 1023 W/cm2 using Ellipsoidal Plasma Mirror after focus, safe BUT low rep. rate

16. Planned in-house experimental diagnostics
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Optical/x-rays
X-ray pinhole cameras
Interferometry
Streak camera
Higher harmonics detector
Spectrometers
Particle
Electron spectrometer
Ion spectrometer
Thomson parabola

17. Budget plan
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18. Planning GANTT
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31/03/2015
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