Gemini: A high-repetition rate, ultra-intense dual beam laser facility for plasma physics experiments in extreme conditions

P. Foster; M. Streeter; J. Green; F. Cameron; C. Spindloe; G. Schumann; M. Tolley; R. Clarke; J. Collier; D. Neely; E. Divall; D. Neville; P. Rice; R. Bickerton; S. Blake; P. Holligan; P. Brummitt; P. P. Rajeev

CLEO/Europe and EQEC 2009 Conference Digest
(Optica Publishing Group, 2009),
paper CG_P12

Gemini: A high-repetition rate, ultra-intense dual beam laser facility for plasma physics experiments in extreme conditions

P. Foster, M. Streeter, J. Green, F. Cameron, C. Spindloe, G. Schumann, M. Tolley, R. Clarke, J. Collier, D. Neely, E. Divall, D. Neville, P. Rice, R. Bickerton, S. Blake, P. Holligan, P. Brummitt, and P. P. Rajeev

The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009

Munich Germany
14–19 June 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4244-4080-1

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P. Foster, M. Streeter, J. Green, F. Cameron, C. Spindloe, G. Schumann, M. Tolley, R. Clarke, J. Collier, D. Neely, E. Divall, D. Neville, P. Rice, R. Bickerton, S. Blake, P. Holligan, P. Brummitt, and P. P. Rajeev, "Gemini: A high-repetition rate, ultra-intense dual beam laser facility for plasma physics experiments in extreme conditions," in CLEO/Europe and EQEC 2009 Conference Digest, (Optica Publishing Group, 2009), paper CG_P12.

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Abstract

We report the latest developments at the Gemini laser system at the Central Laser Facility of the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. This dual beam facility can deliver 15 J, 30 fs pulses per beam with a shot in every 20 seconds. Gemini recently completed a series of electron acceleration experiments using gas jets and gas-filled capillaries with the first beamline. The second beamline is expected to be online in 2009. Developments are being made in the target area to incorporate complex solid targets at the maximum repetition rate.

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