High Repetition Rate, High Energy Petawatt Laser for the Matter in Extreme Conditions Upgrade

Brendan A. Reagan; Mari Ann Albrecht; David Alessi; S. Mark Ammons; Saumyabrata Banerjee; Cris Barillas; František Batysta; Brandon Buckley; Alex Chemali; Erin Clark; Edwin Davila; Robert J. Deri; Kevin Eseltine; Barry Fishler; E. Steve Fulkerson; Justin Galbraith; Thomas Galvin; Anthony Gonzales; Vinod Gopalan; Sandrine Herriot; Zbynek Hubka; Jessica Jimenez; Leily Kiani; Ed Koh; Rotem Kupfer; Zhi Liao; Jeremy Lusk; Hoang Nguyen; Ashay Patel; Aaron Peer; John Peterson; Robert Plummer; Kathleen Schaffers; Emily Sistrunk; Thomas M. Spinka; Christopher Stolz; Issa Tamer; Vincent Tang; Steve Telford; Kenneth Terzi; Pamela Utley; Katherine M. Velas; Anthony Vella; J. Nan Wong

doi:10.1117/12.2650137

High Repetition Rate, High Energy Petawatt Laser for the Matter in Extreme Conditions Upgrade

Brendan A. Reagan, Mari Ann Albrecht, David Alessi, S. Mark Ammons, Saumyabrata Banerjee, Cris Barillas, František Batysta, Brandon Buckley, Alex Chemali, Erin Clark, Edwin Davila, Robert J. Deri, Kevin Eseltine, Barry Fishler, E. Steve Fulkerson, Justin Galbraith, Thomas Galvin, Anthony Gonzales, Vinod Gopalan, Sandrine HerriotZbynek Hubka, Jessica Jimenez, Leily Kiani, Ed Koh, Rotem Kupfer, Zhi Liao, Jeremy Lusk, Hoang Nguyen, Ashay Patel, Aaron Peer, John Peterson, Robert Plummer, Kathleen Schaffers, Emily Sistrunk, Thomas M. Spinka, Christopher Stolz, Issa Tamer, Vincent Tang, Steve Telford, Kenneth Terzi, Pamela Utley, Katherine M. Velas, Anthony Vella, J. Nan Wong

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The Matter in Extreme Conditions Upgrade (MEC-U) project is a major upgrade to the MEC instrument on the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) user facility at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The MEC instrument combines the XFEL with a high-power, short-pulse laser and high energy shock driver laser to produce and study high energy density plasmas and materials found in extreme environments such as the interior of stars and fusion reactors, providing the fundamental understanding needed for applications ranging from astronomy to fusion energy. When completed, this project will significantly increase the power and repetition rate of the MEC high intensity laser system to the petawatt level at up to 10 Hz, increase the energy of the shock-driver laser to the kilojoule level, and expand the capabilities of the MEC instrument to support groundbreaking experiments enabled by the combination of high-power lasers with the world’s brightest X-ray source. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is developing a directly diode-pumped, 10 Hz repetition rate, 150 J, 150 fs, 1 PW laser system to be installed in the upgraded MEC facility. This laser system is an implementation of LLNL’s Scalable High power Advanced Radiographic Capability (SHARC) concept and is based on chirped pulse amplification in the diode-pumped, gas-cooled slab architecture developed for the Mercury and HAPLS laser systems. The conceptual design and capabilities of this laser system will be presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	High Power Lasers for Fusion Research VII
Editors	Abdul A. Awwal, Constantin L. Haefner
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510659070
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2650137
State	Published - 1 Jan 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	High Power Lasers for Fusion Research VII 2023 - San Francisco, United States Duration: 1 Feb 2023 → …

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	12401
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	High Power Lasers for Fusion Research VII 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	1/02/23 → …

Keywords

high energy
high repetition rate
petawatt laser
ultrafast

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Reagan, B. A., Albrecht, M. A., Alessi, D., Ammons, S. M., Banerjee, S., Barillas, C., Batysta, F., Buckley, B., Chemali, A., Clark, E., Davila, E., Deri, R. J., Eseltine, K., Fishler, B., Fulkerson, E. S., Galbraith, J., Galvin, T., Gonzales, A., Gopalan, V., ... Wong, J. N. (2023). High Repetition Rate, High Energy Petawatt Laser for the Matter in Extreme Conditions Upgrade. In A. A. Awwal, & C. L. Haefner (Eds.), High Power Lasers for Fusion Research VII Article 124010A (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 12401). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2650137

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High Repetition Rate, High Energy Petawatt Laser for the Matter in Extreme Conditions Upgrade. / Reagan, Brendan A.; Albrecht, Mari Ann; Alessi, David et al.
High Power Lasers for Fusion Research VII. ed. / Abdul A. Awwal; Constantin L. Haefner. SPIE, 2023. 124010A (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 12401).

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