The Astra Gemini Project A High Repetition Rate Dual Beam Petawatt Laser Facility

J L Collier; O Chekhlov; R J Clarke; E J Divall; K Ertel; B D Fell; P S Foster; S J Hancock; C J Hooker; A Langley; B Martin; D Neely; J Smith; B E Wyborn

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies
Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2005),
paper JFB1

The Astra Gemini Project A High Repetition Rate Dual Beam Petawatt Laser Facility

J L Collier, O Chekhlov, R J Clarke, E J Divall, K Ertel, B D Fell, P S Foster, S J Hancock, C J Hooker, A Langley, B Martin, D Neely, J Smith, and B E Wyborn

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2005

Baltimore, Maryland United States
22–27 May 2005
ISBN: 1-55752-770-9

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J. L. Collier, O. Chekhlov, R. J. Clarke, E. J. Divall, K. Ertel, B. D. Fell, P. S. Foster, S. J. Hancock, C. J. Hooker, A. Langley, B. Martin, D. Neely, J. Smith, and B. E. Wyborn, "The Astra Gemini Project A High Repetition Rate Dual Beam Petawatt Laser Facility," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2005), paper JFB1.

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Abstract

In July 2004 work started on a new dual -beam Ti:S PW laser facility at RAL. Intensities of between 10²² and 10²³ Wcm⁻² per beam are anticipated. We will describe this and the new science expected.

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