27–28 Jun 2013
Europe/Zurich timezone

ICAN - Technical Overview

27 Jun 2013, 14:30
45m

Speaker

Thomas Schreiber (Fraunhofer Society Germany)

Description

The International Coherent Amplification Network (ICAN) has discussed concepts of a novel laser system based on a massive array of fibre amplifiers for the final goal to achieve particle acceleration at highest efficiencies. The laser parameters of >10 J, <300 fs at repetition rates above 10 kHz require a fundamental new approach in order to overcome known limitations of todays Peta-Watt Solid-State Laser systems that work at one pulse per second with an efficiency of a fraction of a percent. The technical overview will provide an insight into the results of the different concepts discussed during the project. The advantages but also the still-to-solve issues for the suggested spatial and temporal coherent combining techniques as well as different fibre aspects will be highlighted.

Author

Thomas Schreiber (Fraunhofer Society Germany)

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