Laboratoire d’Utilisation des Intenses UMR 7605 – Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, UPMC

Research Infrastructure operating two multi-beam 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 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