BELLA iP2: High-Intensity Laser Beamline with Double Plasma Mirror

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Abstract

The high-intensity laser beamline at BELLA PW facility, iP2, enables frontier capabilities in High Energy Density Science (HEDS), including accessing exciting new regimes of ion acceleration. This system provides a focal spot of ~3 μm diameter, resulting in on-target peak intensities of > 5×1021 W/cm2. The high laser pulse repetition rate capability (up to 1 Hz), if paired with innovative, replenishable target systems, will increase the particle flux for applications and allows for the collection of large data sets, enabling adequate statistical analysis of the results. In this presentation, we report updates of the capabilities such as pulse contrast enhancement system based on a double plasma mirror. The iP2 beamline is accessible to users through LaserNetUS.

*This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, Offices of Fusion Energy Science (FES), LaserNetUS, and High Energy Physics under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. S. Hakimi was supported by the U.S. DOE FES Postdoctoral Research Program administered by ORISE (DE-SC0014664).

Presenters

  • Kei Nakamura

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Authors

  • Kei Nakamura

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Aodhan McIlvenny

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Lieselotte Obst-Huebl

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Sahel Hakimi

    • Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Jared T De Chant

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Stepan S Bulanov

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • LBNL
    • LBL

  • Axel Huebl

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Anthony J Gonsalves

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Jeroen v van Tilborg

    • Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, USA
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Carl B Schroeder

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Cameron Geddes

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Eric H Esarey

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory