Vulcan upgrade: a petawatt laser facility for experiments at 1021 Wcm-2

Christopher B. Edwards; Ric M. Allott; J. L. Collier; Colin N. Danson; M. H. R. Hutchinson; David Neely; B. E. Wyborn

doi:10.1117/12.425537

23 April 2001 Vulcan upgrade: a petawatt laser facility for experiments at 10²¹ Wcm^-2

Christopher B. Edwards, Ric M. Allott, J. L. Collier, Colin N. Danson, M. H. R. Hutchinson, David Neely, B. E. Wyborn

Proceedings Volume 4424, ECLIM 2000: 26th European Conference on Laser Interaction with Matter; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.425537
Event: 26th European Conference on Laser Interaction with Matter (ECLIM 2000), 2000, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

The Vulcan Nd:glass laser facility at RAL delivers up to 100TW 0.8 ps from its ultra-short pulse beamline and up to 2.5kJ in 8 beams in 'long pulse' mode. It runs parallel operations to two target areas fora wide ranging science program for UK university and EU researchers and their collaborators. In March 1999, funding was awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for the upgraded of Vulcan's ultrashort beam lie to 1PW as the first phase of a major enhancement program.

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Christopher B. Edwards, Ric M. Allott, J. L. Collier, Colin N. Danson, M. H. R. Hutchinson, David Neely, and B. E. Wyborn "Vulcan upgrade: a petawatt laser facility for experiments at 10²¹ Wcm^-2", Proc. SPIE 4424, ECLIM 2000: 26th European Conference on Laser Interaction with Matter, (23 April 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.425537

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