ICALEPCS2013 - List of Authors (Kramer, D.K.)

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Development of a High-speed Diagnostics Package for the 0.2 J, 20 fs, 1 kHz Repetition Rate Laser at ELI Beamlines

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J. Naylon, D.K. Kramer
ELI-BEAMS, Prague, Czech Republic

The ELI Beamlines facility aims to provide a selection of high repetition rate terawatt and petawatt femtosecond pulsed lasers, with applications in plasma research, particle acceleration, high-field physics and high intensity extended-UV/X-ray generation. The highest rate laser in the facility will be a 1 kHz femtosecond laser with pulse energy of 200 mJ. This high repetition rate presents unique challenges for the control system, particularly the diagnostics package. This is tasked with measuring key laser parameters such as pulse energy, pointing accuracy, and beam profile. Not only must this system be capable of relaying individual pulse measurements in real-time to the six experimental target chambers, it must also respond with microsecond latency to any aberrations indicating component damage or failure. We discuss the development and testing of a prototype near-field camera profiling system forming part of this diagnostics package consisting of a 1000 fps high resolution camera and FPGA-based beam profile and aberration detection system.

Poster TUPPC039 [2.244 MB]

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TUPPC039	Development of a High-speed Diagnostics Package for the 0.2 J, 20 fs, 1 kHz Repetition Rate Laser at ELI Beamlines	646
	J. Naylon, D.K. Kramer ELI-BEAMS, Prague, Czech Republic
	The ELI Beamlines facility aims to provide a selection of high repetition rate terawatt and petawatt femtosecond pulsed lasers, with applications in plasma research, particle acceleration, high-field physics and high intensity extended-UV/X-ray generation. The highest rate laser in the facility will be a 1 kHz femtosecond laser with pulse energy of 200 mJ. This high repetition rate presents unique challenges for the control system, particularly the diagnostics package. This is tasked with measuring key laser parameters such as pulse energy, pointing accuracy, and beam profile. Not only must this system be capable of relaying individual pulse measurements in real-time to the six experimental target chambers, it must also respond with microsecond latency to any aberrations indicating component damage or failure. We discuss the development and testing of a prototype near-field camera profiling system forming part of this diagnostics package consisting of a 1000 fps high resolution camera and FPGA-based beam profile and aberration detection system.
	Poster TUPPC039 [2.244 MB]