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As part of the Physics Beyond Collider study group, the CERN Gamma Factory is an innovative proposal to exploit the potential of CERN to accelerate at ultra-relativistic energies partially stripped ion with high intensity such that their low lying atomic levels be excited by state of art optical systems. This may enable a very broad range of new applications from atomic physics to particle physics, including their applicative counterparts thanks to the production of high-energy photon beams (up to 400 MeV) with unprecedented intensity (up to $10^{18}$ photons per second). Recent experimental progress has been made towards the proof of concept before a future implementation in the CERN SPS. Stable average laser power as high as 700kW has been demonstrated in an Fabry-Perot cavity. Mechanical design of the system has been improved to great detail to allow operation of the system in presence of known vibration and thermal load in the optical cavity. Plans for future developments are exposed.
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