Design and current progress of the Apollon 10 PW project

Ji-Ping Zou (1) , Catherine Leblanc (2) , Dimitrios N. Papadopoulos (2) , Gilles Chériaux (3) , Patrick Georges (4) , G. Mennerat (5) , Frédéric Druon (4) , Ludovic Lecherbourg (2) , Alain Pellegrina (4, 2) , Patricia Ramirez (2, 4) , Fabio Giambruno (2, 3) , Antoine Freneaux (2, 3) , F Leconte (3, 2) , D Badarau (2) , J. M. Boudenne (2) , D. Fournet (2) , T Valloton (2) , Jean-Luc Paillard (2) , J. L. Veray (2) , M. Pina (2) , P. Monot (5) , Jean Paul Chambaret (2) , P. Martin (5) , François Mathieu (2) , P. Audebert (2) , François Amiranoff (2)

1 LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses
2 LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses
3 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée
4 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Lasers
5 LIDyl - Laboratoire Interactions, Dynamiques et Lasers (ex SPAM)

The objective of the Apollon project is the generation of 10 PW peak power pulses of 15 fs at 1 shot/minute. In this paper the Apollon facility design, the technological challenges and the current progress of the project will be presented.

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]

Ji-Ping Zou, Catherine Leblanc, Dimitrios N. Papadopoulos, Gilles Chériaux, Patrick Georges, et al.. Design and current progress of the Apollon 10 PW project. 1st International Symposium on High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Mar 2014, Suzhou, China. ⟨10.1017/hpl.2014.41⟩. ⟨hal-01374585⟩