PEnELOPE: a high peak-power diode-pumped laser system for laser-plasma experiments

Siebold, M.; Roeser, F.; Loeser, Markus; Albach, Daniel; Schramm, U.

doi:10.1117/12.2017522

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“…Therefore, the plasma-induced deflections are more significant than the fluctuations of the probe beam. The narrower amplification bandwidth of diode-pumped Yb amplifiers leads to a Fouriertransform-limited pulse duration of a few hundred fs [31,32], which is not a typical parameter space for the optimization of HHG. The obtained results for the HH photon number per pulse and wavefront show the potential of using laser systems with Yb amplifiers for simultaneously creating plasmas and a probe based on HHG.…”

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Optimization and Characterization of High-Harmonic Generation for Probing Solid Density Plasmas

Koliyadu

Künzel²,

Wodzinski³

et al. 2017

Photonics

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Abstract:The creation of high energy density plasma states produced during laser-solid interaction on a sub-picosecond timescale opens a way to create astrophysical plasmas in the lab to investigate their properties, such as the frequency-dependent refractive index. Available probes to measure absorption and phase-changes given by the complex refractive index of the plasma state are extreme-UV (EUV) and soft X-ray (XUV) ultra-short pulses from high harmonic generation (HHG). For demanding imaging applications such as single-shot measurements of solid density plasmas, the HHG probe has to be optimized in photon number and characterized in intensity and wavefront stability from shot-to-shot. In an experiment, a coherent EUV source based on HHG driven by a compact diode-pumped laser is optimized in photons per pulse for argon and xenon, and the shot-to-shot intensity stability and wavefront changes are characterized. The experimental results are compared to an analytical model estimating the HHG yield, showing good agreement. The obtained values are compared to available data for solid density plasmas to confirm the feasibility of HHG as a probe.

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Optimization and Characterization of High-Harmonic Generation for Probing Solid Density Plasmas

Koliyadu

Künzel²,

Wodzinski³

et al. 2017

Photonics

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“…This applies also for the ambitious OPAL and XCEL projects that seek to bring OPCPA at moderate bandwidth to the kilojoule-level. , LWS-pro [107], Ecole Polytechnique [126], LWS20 [44], ELI-ALPS Sylos [165], CELIA [34], ELI-ALPS HF [167], Apollon 10 PW [40], OPAL [168], ATLAS [169], ELI-NP HPLS [39], SIOM-SULF [12,38], XCEL [170], Astra-Gemeni [171], BELLA [32], Vulcan [43,172], POLARIS [173], PENELOPE [174], Texas PW [31]. It should be noted that the plot does not provide any information about the repetition rate.…”

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Generation and Parametric Amplification of Few‐Cycle Light Pulses at Relativistic Intensities

Kessel

2018

Springer Theses

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“…Penelope exploits unique energy efficient direct diode laser pumping technology and will provide higher pulse energies at unprecedented pulse repetition rate, optimized for ion acceleration studies. (Zeil, et al, 2010and Siebold, Röser, Löser, Albach, Schramm, 2013and Jochmann, et al, 2013 …”

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ELBE Center for High-Power Radiation Sources

Michel

2016

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Abstract:In the ELBE Center for High-Power Radiation Sources, the superconducting linear electron accelerator ELBE, serving two free electron lasers, sources for intense coherent THz radiation, mono-energetic positrons, electrons, γ-rays, a neutron time-of-flight system as well as two synchronized ultra-short pulsed Petawatt laser systems are collocated. The characteristics of these beams make the ELBE center a unique research instrument for a variety of external users in fields ranging from material science over nuclear physics to cancer research, as well as scientists of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR).

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PEnELOPE: a high peak-power diode-pumped laser system for laser-plasma experiments

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Optimization and Characterization of High-Harmonic Generation for Probing Solid Density Plasmas

Optimization and Characterization of High-Harmonic Generation for Probing Solid Density Plasmas

Generation and Parametric Amplification of Few‐Cycle Light Pulses at Relativistic Intensities

ELBE Center for High-Power Radiation Sources

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