UHI Lasers, Free Electrons Lasers and Secondary sources : spots on the ongoing R&D activity in CEA-Saclay

by David Garzella (CEA/IRAMIS/LIDyL)

Monday 6 Oct 2014, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Berlin

222.EG.013 (next to building 25b) (DESY Hamburg)

The Laboratoire Interaction, Dynamique et Lasers (LIDyL) is a multidisciplinary laboratory studying the interactions of light with matter under its different form. It belongs to the Saclay Institute of Matter and Radiation of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and it is located in CEA-Saclay. The research topics encompass the studies of molecule-field interaction in the gas phase, as well as those of plasma from solid-strong field interaction in the relativistic regime, finally extending to plasmas at high energy density. The Saclay Laser-matter Interaction Center (SLIC) in LIDyL, one of the major french nodes of the LASERLAB Integrated Initiative, conducts R&D on femtosecond lasers technology and ultrashort light pulse diagnostics, dedicated to improving the laser performances and control. The SLIC group contributes to national and international programs around the APOLLON 10PW facility, the future ATTOLAB facility and Free Electrons Laser (LUNEX5, FERMI@ELETTRA collaboration) which are ongoing and active on the Plateau de Saclay. In this talk, I will give an overview of activities which are currently “on streaming”, mainly focusing on the R&D carried out on and around the UHI100 TW Laser facility, and the temporal coherence properties of Free Electrons Lasers and other secondary radiation sources.