13–19 Sept 2015
La Biodola, Isola d'Elba
Europe/Rome timezone

Control systems and operation of a 200 TW laser system for laser-plasma acceleration

16 Sept 2015, 18:20
20m
SE Sala Elena (Hotel Hermitage)

SE Sala Elena

Hotel Hermitage

talk WG7 - Laser technology for advanced accelerators WG7 - Laser technology for advanced accelerators

Speaker

Spencer Jolly (Center for Free-Electron Laser Science & Department of Physics, Hamburg University)

Description

Within the LAOLA Collaboration, the University of Hamburg and DESY work closely together to combine university research in the field of laser-plasma acceleration with the expertise of a large and well-established accelerator facility. We present in this talk a summary of hardware, software, and operation based changes to the 200 TW ANGUS laser system to increase ease of operation and stability. After a brief introduction of the laser, we concentrate on the components that rely heavily on the DESY in-house control system architecture and software, and show recent statistics for both laser operation and long-term stability. These improvements to the laser system will greatly help the operation of LUX and REGAE, the two dedicated experiments in Hamburg which study laser-plasma acceleration.

Primary author

Spencer Jolly (Center for Free-Electron Laser Science & Department of Physics, Hamburg University)

Co-authors

Andreas Maier (CFEL/UHH) Dominik Trosien (Center for Free-Electron Laser Science & Department of Physics, Hamburg University) Matthias Schnepp (University of Hamburg) Vincent Leroux (Center for Free-Electron Laser Science & Department of Physics, Hamburg University)

Presentation materials