Characterization and performance of the Apollon short-focal-area facility following its commissioning at 1 PW level

Burdonov K.; Fazzini A.; Lelasseux V.; Albrecht J.; Antici P.; Ayoul Y.; Beluze A.; Cavanna D.; Ceccotti T.; Chabanis M.; Chaleil A.; Chen S. N.; Chen Z.; Consoli F.; Cuciuc M.; Davoine X.; Delaneau J. P.; d’Humières E.; Dubois J.-L.; Evrard C.; Filippov E.; Freneaux A.; Forestier-Colleoni P.; Gremillet L.; Horny V.; Lancia L.; Lecherbourg L.; Lebas N.; Leblanc A.; Ma W.; Martin L.; Negoita F.; Paillard J.-L.; Papadopoulos D.; Perez F.; Pikuz S.; Qi G.; Quéré F.; Ranc L.; Söderström P.-A.; Scisciò M.; Sun S.; Vallières S.; Wang P.; Yao W.; Mathieu F.; Audebert P.; Fuchs J.

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Burdonov K., Fazzini A., Lelasseux V., Albrecht J., Antici P., Ayoul Y., Beluze A., Cavanna D., Ceccotti T., Chabanis M., Chaleil A., Chen S. N., Chen Z., Consoli F., Cuciuc M., Davoine X., Delaneau J. P., d’Humières E., Dubois J.-L., Evrard C., Filippov E., Freneaux A., Forestier-Colleoni P., Gremillet L., Horny V., Lancia L., Lecherbourg L., Lebas N., Leblanc A., Ma W., Martin L., Negoita F., Paillard J.-L., Papadopoulos D., Perez F., Pikuz S., Qi G., Quéré F., Ranc L., Söderström P.-A., Scisciò M., Sun S., Vallières S., Wang P., Yao W., Mathieu F., Audebert P., Fuchs J.. Characterization and performance of the Apollon short-focal-area facility following its commissioning at 1 PW level[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2021, 6(6): 064402. doi: 10.1063/5.0065138

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Burdonov K., Fazzini A., Lelasseux V., Albrecht J., Antici P., Ayoul Y., Beluze A., Cavanna D., Ceccotti T., Chabanis M., Chaleil A., Chen S. N., Chen Z., Consoli F., Cuciuc M., Davoine X., Delaneau J. P., d’Humières E., Dubois J.-L., Evrard C., Filippov E., Freneaux A., Forestier-Colleoni P., Gremillet L., Horny V., Lancia L., Lecherbourg L., Lebas N., Leblanc A., Ma W., Martin L., Negoita F., Paillard J.-L., Papadopoulos D., Perez F., Pikuz S., Qi G., Quéré F., Ranc L., Söderström P.-A., Scisciò M., Sun S., Vallières S., Wang P., Yao W., Mathieu F., Audebert P., Fuchs J.. Characterization and performance of the Apollon short-focal-area facility following its commissioning at 1 PW level[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2021, 6(6): 064402. doi: 10.1063/5.0065138

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Burdonov K., Fazzini A., Lelasseux V., Albrecht J., Antici P., Ayoul Y., Beluze A., Cavanna D., Ceccotti T., Chabanis M., Chaleil A., Chen S. N., Chen Z., Consoli F., Cuciuc M., Davoine X., Delaneau J. P., d’Humières E., Dubois J.-L., Evrard C., Filippov E., Freneaux A., Forestier-Colleoni P., Gremillet L., Horny V., Lancia L., Lecherbourg L., Lebas N., Leblanc A., Ma W., Martin L., Negoita F., Paillard J.-L., Papadopoulos D., Perez F., Pikuz S., Qi G., Quéré F., Ranc L., Söderström P.-A., Scisciò M., Sun S., Vallières S., Wang P., Yao W., Mathieu F., Audebert P., Fuchs J.. Characterization and performance of the Apollon short-focal-area facility following its commissioning at 1 PW level[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2021, 6(6): 064402. doi: 10.1063/5.0065138

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Characterization and performance of the Apollon short-focal-area facility following its commissioning at 1 PW level

doi: 10.1063/5.0065138

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LULI–CNRS, CEA, Sorbonne Université, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
2.
Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, LERMA, F-75005 Paris, France
3.
IAP, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603155 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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INRS-EMT, 1650, Boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Québec J3X 1S2, Canada
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Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, LIDYL, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
6.
Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LMCE, 91680 Bruyères-le-Châtel, France
7.
“Horia Hulubei” National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 30 Reactorului Street, RO-077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
8.
ENEA, Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety Department, C. R. Frascati, Via E. Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
9.
University of Bordeaux, Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, CNRS, CEA, UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
10.
Joint Institute for High Temperatures, RAS, 125412 Moscow, Russia
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Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique–ENSTA–CNRS–Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
12.
State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, CAPT, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France

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Corresponding author: a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: julien.fuchs@polytechnique.fr
Received Date: 2021-07-30
Accepted Date: 2021-09-22

Available Online: 2021-11-01

Publish Date: 2021-11-15

Abstract

Abstract

We present the results of the first commissioning phase of the short-focal-length area of the Apollon laser facility (located in Saclay, France), which was performed with the first available laser beam (F2), scaled to a nominal power of 1 PW. Under the conditions that were tested, this beam delivered on-target pulses of 10 J average energy and 24 fs duration. Several diagnostics were fielded to assess the performance of the facility. The on-target focal spot and its spatial stability, the temporal intensity profile prior to the main pulse, and the resulting density gradient formed at the irradiated side of solid targets have been thoroughly characterized, with the goal of helping users design future experiments. Emissions of energetic electrons, ions, and electromagnetic radiation were recorded, showing good laser-to-target coupling efficiency and an overall performance comparable to that of similar international facilities. This will be followed in 2022 by a further commissioning stage at the multi-petawatt level.

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