Status report on the construction of Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (ZEUS) at the University of Michigan

POSTER

Abstract

The Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (ZEUS) is being built at the University of Michigan as the NSF mid-scale user facility. The ZEUS facility will include a repetitive dual-beamline 3 PW laser system, a 100 J programmable shape multi-ns pulse driver, three radiation shielded experimental areas and will provide unique new capabilities to explore nonlinear quantum electrodynamics, relativistic plasmas, particles acceleration, extreme laboratory astrophysics, basic plasma physics and nuclear photonics. The construction status of the ZEUS facility including building renovation, laser, beam lines, experimental chambers, radiation shielding and the future experimental plans will be reported.

*This work is supported by the NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure Program award No. 1935950.

Presenters

  • Anatoly M Maksimchuk

    • University of Michigan

Authors

  • Anatoly M Maksimchuk

    • University of Michigan

  • John Nees

    • University of Michigan
    • Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA

  • Galina Kalinchenko

    • University of Michigan

  • Bixue Hou

    • University of Michigan

  • Yong Ma

    • University of Michigan
    • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  • Andrew McKelvey

    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mi., 48104
    • University of Michigan

  • Tan Shi

    • University of Michigan

  • Paul T Campbell

    • University of Michigan

  • Andre F Antoine

    • University of Michigan

  • Mario Balcazar

    • University of Michigan

  • Jason A Cardarelli

    • University of Michigan

  • Nicholas Ernst

    • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  • Rebecca Fitzgarrald

    • University of Michigan

  • Colton Graham

    • University of Michigan

  • Qian Qian

    • University of Michigan

  • Igor Jovanovic

    • University of Michigan

  • Carolyn C Kuranz

    • University of Michigan

  • Alexander G Thomas

    • University of Michigan
    • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  • Louise Willingale

    • University of Michigan

  • Karl M Krushelnick

    • University of Michigan
    • Center for Ultra-Fast Optics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
    • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
    • Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA