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Status of PHELIX laser and first experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2005

P. NEUMAYER
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
R. BOCK
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
S. BORNEIS
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
E. BRAMBRINK
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
H. BRAND
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
J. CAIRD
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
E.M. CAMPBELL
Affiliation:
General Atomics, San Diego, California
E. GAUL
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin, Texas
S. GOETTE
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
C. HAEFNER
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
T. HAHN
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
H.M. HEUCK
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany FH Muenster, Muenster, Germany
D.H.H. HOFFMANN
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
D. JAVORKOVA
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
H.-J. KLUGE
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
T. KUEHL
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
S. KUNZER
Affiliation:
FH Muenster, Muenster, Germany
T. MERZ
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
E. ONKELS
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
M.D. PERRY
Affiliation:
General Atomics, San Diego, California
D. REEMTS
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
M. ROTH
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
S. SAMEK
Affiliation:
University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland
G. SCHAUMANN
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
F. SCHRADER
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
W. SEELIG
Affiliation:
Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
A. TAUSCHWITZ
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
R. THIEL
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
D. URSESCU
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
P. WIEWIOR
Affiliation:
Julius-Maximilians University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
U. WITTROCK
Affiliation:
FH Muenster, Muenster, Germany
B. ZIELBAUER
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany

Abstract

This paper reports on the status of the PHELIX petawatt laser which is built at the Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI) in close collaboration with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) in France. First experiments carried out with the chirped pulse amplification (CPA) front-end will also be briefly reviewed.

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Research Article
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

This paper was also presented at the 28th ECLIM conference in Rome, Italy

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