Wolfgang Sandner Director General and CEO ELI Delivery Consortium International Association (AISBL) DESY Zeuthen Seminar, May 12, 2015 Project supported by:
initiation parallel implementation joint operation ELI-Beamlines ESFRI ELI-PP ELI-ALPS ELI ELI-NP 2008 2011 2013 2017 PP MoU ELI-DC International Association ELI- ERIC
initiation ~ 6 M Prep. Phase parallel implementation ~ 850 M total EU Structural Funds joint operation ERIC* negotiations 60-80 M /a ELI-ERIC (pending) 2008 2011 2013 PP MoU ELI-DC International Association ELI- ERIC 2017
ELI Science Creation of laser pulses with highest power and intensity, at highest repetition rates Interaction of such pulses with matter: vacuum, nuclei, atoms, molecules, condensed matter and plasmas Investigation and utilization of secondary radiation of particles and photons from such interaction Application of all this in societally relevant areas through open access for an international user community
The ultimate high-power solid state laser: νσ Δλ hν, σ, Δλ
The ultimate high-power solid state laser: Intensity and n 2 -dependent phase accumulation along the beam propagation z, the B-Integral => Gauß beam self focusing above the critical power: P crit ~ 1 MW for usual λ, n 0, n 2 (materials constants again!). Special design tricks allow up to ~ 10TW single beam power US National Ignition Facility NIF: 192 beams, ~ 500TW) Brute force (massive parallelisation) Picture: LLNL
Picture: LLNL Pump Idler z ϴ Pump Signal Idler Signal Signal α Nonlinear Crystal Depleted Pump x φ Nonlinear Crystal y * A. Dubietis et al., Opt. Commun. 88, 433 (1992) I.N. Ross et al., Opt. Commun. 144, 125 (1997)
Todays most powerful lasers achieve ~ 1PW (50J/50fs) @ 1Hz (BELLA laser, LBL) There exist a handful of PW-class lasers world-wide Todays most powerful lasers achieve ~ 1PW (50J/50fs) @ 1Hz (BELLA laser, LBL) There exist a handful of PW-class lasers world-wide ELI will have by 2018 Two coupled 10PW lasers (ELI-NP) One 1-2PW laser @ 10+ Hz (ELI-Beamlines) One 1PW laser (OPCPA, <20fs) @ 10Hz (ELI-Beamlines) One 10PW laser (1.5kJ, 150fs) (ELI Beamlines) One multi-pw laser @ 10Hz (ELI-ALPS)
Todays most powerful lasers achieve ~ 1PW (50J/50fs) @ 1Hz (BELLA laser, LBL) There exist a handful of PW-class lasers world-wide ELI will have by 2018 Two coupled 10PW lasers (ELI-NP) One 1-2PW laser @ 10+ Hz (ELI-Beamlines) One 1PW laser (OPCPA, <20fs) @ 10Hz (ELI-Beamlines) One 10PW laser (1.5kJ, 150fs) (ELI Beamlines) One multi-pw laser @ 10Hz (ELI-ALPS) Each of these exceeds todays state-of-the-art by a factor of ~10 in peak power and/or repetition rate. In addition, there is a number of world-leading high-average-power femto- and attosecond lasers at ELI-ALPS and ELI-BL.
Why?
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The LUX beamline: The pillars and their scientific missions
Provided by THALES Optronique Thales Romania 2 HPLS up to 10 PW 6 outputs 2 x 0.1 PW 10Hz 2 x 1 PW 1Hz 2 x 10 PW 0.1Hz
Yb YAG Collision Laser 2.3 ev Few J, 100Hz
M1 Scissors Mode and Collectivity Pygmy Dipole Resonances; equation of state / neutron rich matter Ground state transitions widths G 0 Photo response of weakly bound nuclei and long lived radioactive isotopes Parity violation in nuclear excitation Electromagnetic Dipole Response in Nuclei NRF PDR GDR E1 strength distribution Observables Excitation Energy E X Spin J & Parity π Decay Energies E γ Level Width Γ (ev) Lifetime τ (ps as) Decay Branching Γ f / Γ Partial Widths Γ i Multipole Mixing δ Decay Strengths B(πλ) Physics cases *Testing of new materials for accelerator components - materials at fast energy deposition & mixed radiation fields - laser induced shock waves - laser modification of materials *Evaluation of high energy ionizing radiation effects in materials *Biological science research - radiation effects on bio-molecules & cells *Testing and developments of detectors Irradiated optical components testing, Materials for fusion energy systems
Current ELI status ALPS of specs sources Where we go stand
4D imaging Time-resolved electron holography
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Science Case at ELI-Beamlines
Where do we stand? Project supported by:
ELI s fourth pillar?
The governance model
ELI Delivery Consortium International Association AISBL