Laboratoire d’Utilisation des Lasers Intenses UMR 7605 – Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, UPMC
Research Infrastructure operating two multi-beam laser Why high-energy lasers? facilities: ELFIE and LULI2000 providing the unique opportunity to couple on target high-energy and high- to produce matter under extreme conditions of temperature, density and pressure power laser pulses to generate huge electromagnetic fields and Open access to the whole academic community accelerate particles to relativistic regimes
Keywords Research & Training Centre devoted to laser-produced plasma physics Laser-Matter Interaction from atoms to stars High-Energy-Density Physics Inertial Confinement Fusion for Energy
Laboratory Astrophysics, Planetary Science
m) m) (µ Length (µ Length Ultra-High-Field Physics Particle & Radiation secondary Sources (µ m) Radius Material Science spallation adhesion test, laser shock loading Laser-based diagnostic techniques interferometry, Thomson scattering, radiography
to prepare the next generation of diode-pumped high average-power efficient lasers as a testbed for the HiPER driver
Saclay Paris, 20 km CEA/IRAMIS UHI100 with 12 partners gathered to study “extreme light” physics and applications of secondary
Ecole Polytechnique sources, optimizing access to the ELI infrastructures, with L’Orme des Merisiers LULI LULI2000 - ELFIE the support of other local facilities LULI APOLLON ENSTA LOA Salle Jaune P11 LASERIX Orsay Univ. P11
LULI2000 - 2 experimental areas & up to 4 Nd-glass laser chains delivering on target: 2 x 1kJ in the ns regime (0.5-5ns) or 1kJ / ns + 100J in the ps regime + ~ 80J / ns + ~30J / ps (from 2014)
LULI by numbers
conversion frequency implemented on all beams 22 researchers, 15 PhD students 65 engineers & technicians 15 visitors & traineers ELFIE - 1 experimental area & up to 200J in 4 synchronized beams, with durations ranging from 0.5ns to 0.3ps, and soon 50fs (from 2014) ~60 access weeks ~50 users per year
Geographical origin of the LULI users 2009-2012
Europe 18,2% LULI 30,2% Russia 1,9% France CEA Israël 68,1% 19,1% 0,4% Asia CELIA 4,8% 8,6% North America others 6,6% 10,2%
10.4% of the experimental weeks allocated to European users through LASERLAB-Europe LUCIA – up to 30 J @ 5 Hz (Yb:YAG)
www.luli.polytechnique.fr APOLLON - 2 experimental areas & 4 Ti:Sa synchronized beams 75J/<30fs + 1PW / “fs” + probe + 100J/“ns”
ultimately: 150J/15fs (10PW) on the main beam