TERESA Target Area at ELI Beamlines
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Vacuum and Control Systems
3. Laser Parameters and Beam Transport
- Low-power mode of the L3 laser (~µJ energy level, 30 fs, 100 Hz rep. rate);
- CW laser, propagating through the same beam path (785 nm, 130 mW, ~1 mm beam size).
4. Available Diagnostics and Target Systems
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tryus, M.; Grepl, F.; Chagovets, T.; Velyhan, A.; Giuffrida, L.; Stancek, S.; Kantarelou, V.; Istokskaia, V.; Schillaci, F.; Zakova, M.; et al. TERESA Target Area at ELI Beamlines. Quantum Beam Sci. 2020, 4, 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs4040037
Tryus M, Grepl F, Chagovets T, Velyhan A, Giuffrida L, Stancek S, Kantarelou V, Istokskaia V, Schillaci F, Zakova M, et al. TERESA Target Area at ELI Beamlines. Quantum Beam Science. 2020; 4(4):37. https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs4040037
Chicago/Turabian StyleTryus, Maksym, Filip Grepl, Timofej Chagovets, Andriy Velyhan, Lorenzo Giuffrida, Stanislav Stancek, Vasiliki Kantarelou, Valeria Istokskaia, Francesco Schillaci, Martina Zakova, and et al. 2020. "TERESA Target Area at ELI Beamlines" Quantum Beam Science 4, no. 4: 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs4040037