Characterization and performance of the Apollon main short-pulse laser beam following its commissioning at 2 PW level

Weipeng Yao; Ronan Lelièvre; Itamar Cohen; Tessa Waltenspiel; Amokrane Allaoua; Patrizio Antici; Yohann Ayoul; Arie Beck; Audrey Beluze; Christophe Blancard; Daniel Cavanna; Mélanie Chabanis; Sophia N. Chen; Erez Cohen; Philippe Cossé; Quentin Ducasse; Mathieu Dumergue; Fouad El Hai; Christophe Evrard; Evgeny Filippov; Antoine Freneaux; Donald Cort Gautier; Fabrice Gobert; Franck Goupille; Mickael Grech; Laurent Gremillet; Yoav Heller; Emmanuel d'Humières; Hanna Lahmar; Livia Lancia; Nathalie Lebas; Ludovic Lecherbourg; Stéphane Marchand; Damien Mataja; Gabriel Meyniel; David Michaeli; Dimitris Papadopoulos; Frédéric Perez; Sergey Pikuz; Ishay Pomerantz; Patrick Renaudin; Lorenzo Romagnani; François Trompier; Edouard Veuillot; Thibaut Vinchon; François Mathieu; Julien Fuchs

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Characterization and performance of the Apollon main short-pulse laser beam following its commissioning at 2 PW level

Weipeng Yao, Ronan Lelièvre, Itamar Cohen, Tessa Waltenspiel, Amokrane Allaoua, Patrizio Antici, Yohann Ayoul, Arie Beck, Audrey Beluze, Christophe Blancard, Daniel Cavanna, Mélanie Chabanis, Sophia N. Chen, Erez Cohen, Philippe Cossé, Quentin Ducasse, Mathieu Dumergue, Fouad El Hai, Christophe Evrard, Evgeny FilippovAntoine Freneaux, Donald Cort Gautier, Fabrice Gobert, Franck Goupille, Mickael Grech, Laurent Gremillet, Yoav Heller, Emmanuel d'Humières, Hanna Lahmar, Livia Lancia, Nathalie Lebas, Ludovic Lecherbourg, Stéphane Marchand, Damien Mataja, Gabriel Meyniel, David Michaeli, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Frédéric Perez, Sergey Pikuz, Ishay Pomerantz, Patrick Renaudin, Lorenzo Romagnani, François Trompier, Edouard Veuillot, Thibaut Vinchon, François Mathieu, Julien Fuchs

School of Physics and Astronomy

Tel Aviv University

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We present the results of the second commissioning phase of the short-focal-length area of the Apollon laser facility, located in Saclay, France. This phase was conducted using the main laser beam (F1), scaled to a peak power of 2 PW. Under the tested conditions, the F1 beam delivered on-target pulses with a maximum energy of up to 45 J and a duration of 22 fs. Several diagnostics were deployed to assess the facility's performance. Key measurements included the on-target focal spot and its spatial stability, along with characterizations of secondary sources generated by irradiating solid targets. These evaluations aim at assisting users in designing future experiments. The laser-target interactions were thoroughly characterized, with emissions of energetic ions, x rays, and neutrons recorded, demonstrating good laser-to-target coupling efficiency. Additionally, we successfully demonstrated the simultaneous operation of the F1 beam with the auxiliary 0.5 PW F2 beam of Apollon, enabling dual-beam operation. This commissioning phase paves the way for the next stage in 2025, which will involve scaling the F1 beam to 8 PW, progressing toward the ultimate goal of achieving 10 PW power.

Original language	English
Article number	043106
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	32
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0252874
State	Published - 1 Apr 2025

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Yao, W., Lelièvre, R., Cohen, I., Waltenspiel, T., Allaoua, A., Antici, P., Ayoul, Y., Beck, A., Beluze, A., Blancard, C., Cavanna, D., Chabanis, M., Chen, S. N., Cohen, E., Cossé, P., Ducasse, Q., Dumergue, M., Hai, F. E., Evrard, C., ... Fuchs, J. (2025). Characterization and performance of the Apollon main short-pulse laser beam following its commissioning at 2 PW level. Physics of Plasmas, 32(4), Article 043106. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0252874

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