Commissioning and first results from the new 2 × 100 TW laser at the WIS

E. Kroupp; S. Tata; Y. Wan; D. Levy; S. Smartsev; E. Y. Levine; O. Seemann; M. Adelberg; R. Piliposian; T. Queller; E. Segre; K. Ta Phuoc; M. Kozlova; V. Malka

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E. Kroupp, S. Tata, Y. Wan, D. Levy, S. Smartsev, E. Y. Levine, O. Seemann, M. Adelberg, R. Piliposian, T. Queller, E. Segre, K. Ta Phuoc, M. Kozlova, V. Malka. Commissioning and first results from the new 2 × 100 TW laser at the WIS[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022, 7(4): 044401. doi: 10.1063/5.0090514

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E. Kroupp, S. Tata, Y. Wan, D. Levy, S. Smartsev, E. Y. Levine, O. Seemann, M. Adelberg, R. Piliposian, T. Queller, E. Segre, K. Ta Phuoc, M. Kozlova, V. Malka. Commissioning and first results from the new 2 × 100 TW laser at the WIS[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022, 7(4): 044401. doi: 10.1063/5.0090514

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E. Kroupp, S. Tata, Y. Wan, D. Levy, S. Smartsev, E. Y. Levine, O. Seemann, M. Adelberg, R. Piliposian, T. Queller, E. Segre, K. Ta Phuoc, M. Kozlova, V. Malka. Commissioning and first results from the new 2 × 100 TW laser at the WIS[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022, 7(4): 044401. doi: 10.1063/5.0090514

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Commissioning and first results from the new 2 × 100 TW laser at the WIS

doi: 10.1063/5.0090514

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Faculty of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, Ecole polytechnique—ENSTA—CNRS—Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
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Institute of Physics, CAS, ELI Beamlines, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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Institute of Plasma Physics, CAS, Za Slovankou 3, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic

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Corresponding author: a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: eyal.kroupp@weizmann.ac.il
Received Date: 2022-03-07
Accepted Date: 2022-04-10

Available Online: 2022-07-01

Publish Date: 2022-07-01

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At the Weizmann Institute of Science, a new high-power-laser laboratory has been established that is dedicated to the fundamental aspects of laser–matter interaction in the relativistic regime and aimed at developing compact laser-plasma accelerators for delivering high-brightness beams of electrons, ions, and x rays. The HIGGINS laser system delivers two independent 100 TW beams and an additional probe beam, and this paper describes its commissioning and presents the very first results for particle and radiation beam delivery.

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